Meghan Markle has lost her tenth publicist in the space of five years, with Emily Robinson having only worked for the royal since June. A royal expert has now claimed to have figured out why the couple appear to lose staff within a few months of hiring them
Meghan Markle has seen her tenth publicist depart in just five years, with Emily Robinson leaving her role after joining the royal’s team in June. The appointment of Emily, a former Netflix employee, was reportedly contentious due to her involvement with The Crown. In the previous year, Josh Kettler, who served as the couple’s Chief of Staff, vacated his position after a mere three months. His departure was described as a mutual agreement, with insiders suggesting that the role “wasn’t the right fit”.
Royal author Ingrid Seward believes she may have deciphered why the Sussexes’ staff tend to leave within a few months of their employment. Speaking to The Sun, she said: “It must be quite chaotic working for the Sussexes. They’ve lost so many staff.
“It’s not that the staff stay for any length of time. They seem to make very brief appearances and then leave.”, reports the Express. On the topic of why employees tend to exit swiftly, she commented: “It’s obvious the job they’re expected to do is not the job they imagined they would have.
“And it looks to me as if Meghan is disagreeing with what they imagined [the Sussexes] should be doing.” Further discussing Meghan, she added: “It seems to me that Meghan wants to control everything, so they certainly make some quite major PR errors.”
Those still part of the Sussex team include Liam Maguire, the director of communications in Europe, and Meredith Maines, the couple’s chief communications officer. Meredith had a meeting with the King’s press secretary, Tobyn Andreae, earlier this summer. This interaction is believed to have facilitated the subsequent meeting between the King and Harry.
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