The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Family, May 7, 2025--

[Hallo girl]

She is. She's still listed on the Royal family's website.

She is the daughter in law of the King, so that does mean something but they have destroyed any position they might hold. It could all have been so different.

 

[taogg]

She is the daughter in law of the King, so that does mean something but they have destroyed any position they might hold. It could all have been so different.

Obviously, she interpreted it differently. She believed she had a voice. But if she takes her position seriously and insists on keeping her title and style, then she should remain politically neutral—assuming the source is accurate. People often focus on the privilege of being royal but forget the responsibilities and restrictions that come with it. It’s just like in The Crown, when Prince Charles shouted that he had a voice, and the Queen replied that nobody wanted to hear it.

 

[Hallo girl]

Obviously, she interpreted it differently. She believed she had a voice. But if she takes her position seriously and insists on keeping her title and style, then she should remain politically neutral—assuming the source is accurate. People often focus on the privilege of being royal but forget the responsibilities and restrictions that come with it. It’s just like in The Crown, when Prince Charles shouted that he had a voice, and the Queen replied that nobody wanted to hear it.

I am not saying as a working royal that she could not have spoken up for her charities etc but the royal family should remain politically neutral.

 

[taogg]

I am not saying as a working total that she could not have spoken up for her charities etc but the royal family should remain politically neutral.

That's exactly what I thought.
Perhaps she should stick with the feminism catalogue. That's politically safe.

 

[TLLK]

Hello magazine is now reporting that four more staffers have parted ways with the Sussexes.

Exclusive: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle team shake up: four staff members depart team Sussex

This is the latest in a line of internal business departures for the Sussexes

www.hellomagazine.com

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have parted ways with four more members of staff after taking on new advisers, HELLO! can reveal.

LA-based deputy press secretary Kyle Boulia and Charlie Gipson, their UK press officer, have departed, while at least two other members of the Sussex’s private team have also left in recent weeks, according to a source.

 

[GondorHasNoPants]

Lordy. They are going through staff almost as quickly as they are going through companies and business ideas...

 

[GondorHasNoPants]

The Telegraph is reporting here that the Duke and Duchess have parted ways with SIX members of staff, not four - their deputy press secretary, their European communications director, their head of operations at Archewell, their director of communications at Archewell, plus a personal assistant and Meghan's social media manager.

 

[Toledo]

The Telegraph is reporting here that the Duke and Duchess have parted ways with SIX members of staff, not four - their deputy press secretary, their European communications director, their head of operations at Archewell, their director of communications at Archewell, plus a personal assistant and Meghan's social media manager.

And the question remains why do they need so many people to make us believe they have created a micro-nation in Montecito?
Harry's Invictus Games is self-run and his job is mostly ceremonial while other members of the board do all the heavy lifting. He's neither an actor or a real businessman and I assume all he needs is an assistant to do his calendar, speaking engagements and get him on time from point A to point B.

Meghan, on the other hand, is a pretend business person and retired actress/model. In her case, besides an assistant to do same chores listed for Harry, she would need a manager or management agency if she decided to return to acting. The manager or agency is the one that scouts job opportunities for her like the one years ago at the Ellen Show where she pretended to be a chipmunk and repeated everything Ellen told her to say in an ear mike.

I'm starting to believe the amount of people they hire, and let go, is just to create the illusion of being busy with an imaginary on-going business we don't even see getting off the ground.

 

[Mirabel]

Lordy. They are going through staff almost as quickly as they are going through companies and business ideas...

They always have! Their staff comes and goes, almost like a revolving door. Really, at this point I'm amazed anyone will work for them at all.

 

[Erin9]

They always have! Their staff comes and goes, almost like a revolving door. Really, at this point I'm amazed anyone will work for them at all.

I wonder what all these people actually do on a day to day basis. Neither of the Sussexes seems particularly busy imo.

 

[Hallo girl]

But

The Telegraph is reporting here that the Duke and Duchess have parted ways with SIX members of staff, not four - their deputy press secretary, their European communications director, their head of operations at Archewell, their director of communications at Archewell, plus a personal assistant and Meghan's social media manager.

Didn't Meghan tell somebody ( I cannot remember which podcast) that she was very busy doing all the work for her website , thinking about packaging also her instagram etc etc, so is the staff no longer required because she does so much of it herself. I cannot quote exactly what she said because I didn't listen to it myself just what I have read about it.

 

[zarat]

The Telegraph is reporting here that the Duke and Duchess have parted ways with SIX members of staff, not four - their deputy press secretary, their European communications director, their head of operations at Archewell, their director of communications at Archewell, plus a personal assistant and Meghan's social media manager.

Are we surprised by such huge staff turnover? Definiteley not! The question is what was the root cause ? Perhaps Meghan's decision to share her infamous twerking clip.....

 

[shady lady]

...

I'm starting to believe the amount of people they hire, and let go, is just to create the illusion of being busy with an imaginary on-going business we don't even see getting off the ground.

A crown for you sir because you are IMO absolutely spot on.

Illusion is the key word here.

I have never taken any of their ventures seriously, hers in particular are not even worth discussing, and apart from Invictus PH has nothing left. He may pop up occasionally for charities like Scotty's Little Shoulders, but what does he do with the rest of his time? As you say, his role in Invictus is ceremonial and all the hard work is done by everyone else. He's lost Sentebale, IMO because someone had the courage to stand up to him and his spouse. He has pretty much lost everything since he quit the BRF, not just in terms of security and material things he has always taken for granted, but also in terms of popularity - and respect. Most people now see him as a teller of tales, a whinger and a complainer. It's not a good potential legacy; is there a way back for him?

All he has left is to create the illusion that everything is wonderful and happy in his California world. I'm not buying it.

 

[Curryong]

Harry didn’t ‘lose’ Sentebale. He and his fellow patron Prince Leeiso chose to resign along with ALL the board members because they felt that the Chair was not handling things as she should have. That’s not losing, that is resigning as a matter of principle.

And please, let’s not put the blame on either one side or the other for what happened at Sentebale until the Charity Commission ends its investigations and issues its findings.

 

[FigTree]

Well he doesn’t have it anymore. Comment was on what he does have, apart from his wife and children, to fill his days. Which is very little. But as some article said a couple of months ago, he never looked like he wanted to do anything as in work. So. A he he is just as happy.

I don’t know what happened. But what I do know is that having rich people polo matches and parties where Harry goes is not a sustainable fundraising model.

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

There was never a business model to begin with. The Meghxit created maximimum attention, what follows is 1) tell-all interview/doku and 2) book. That has been done now ad nauseam and it has been running thin for a while now. The final step is 3) make money off the children, we are at that stage now. There is nothing else now, even though they had 4 years to create a serious business, what could have worked, if they knew exactly what they wanted. Apart from attention, of course.
Being an A Lister is hard work and you require a team of very good and therefore expensive advisors, who know what they are doing, and you need to trust and listen to them. They are floating around and maybe Meghan is happy with the attention she is constantly creating, no matter on what basis.
Harry will certainly be frustrated by it, as it shows with almost every public outing.
I do see a future for Meghan, she will survive, but I dont see Harry in it in the long run.
She's already planning a business venture with her daughter, very telling

 

[Hallo girl]

Harry didn’t ‘lose’ Sentebale. He and his fellow patron Prince Leeiso chose to resign along with ALL the board members because they felt that the Chair was not handling things as she should have. That’s not losing, that is resigning as a matter of principle.

And please, let’s not put the blame on either one side or the other for what happened at Sentebale until the Charity Commission ends its investigations and issues its findings.

I agree we should wait for the report, but do you think he will go back ?

 

[FigTree]

There was never a business model to begin with. The Meghxit created maximimum attention, what follows is 1) tell-all interview/doku and 2) book. That has been done now ad nauseam and it has been running thin for a while now. The final step is 3) make money off the children, we are at that stage now. There is nothing else now, even though they had 4 years to create a serious business, what could have worked, if they knew exactly what they wanted. Apart from attention, of course.
Being an A Lister is hard work and you require a team of very good and therefore expensive advisors, who know what they are doing, and you need to trust and listen to them. They are floating around and maybe Meghan is happy with the attention she is constantly creating, no matter on what basis.
Harry will certainly be frustrated by it, as it shows with almost every public outing.
I do see a future for Meghan, she will survive, but I dont see Harry in it in the long run.
She's already planning a business venture with her daughter, very telling

With her daughter. What? There is no talent. Advisors advice with talent. I don’t see a future really for either. The children neither. Savannah Phillips is more interesting as a royal. And Princess Bea’s stepson. Seeing as they don’t Live in the royal orbit they aren’t really that interesting. Genes are really not that important. You have to live the life.

 

[Hallo girl]

There was never a business model to begin with. The Meghxit created maximimum attention, what follows is 1) tell-all interview/doku and 2) book. That has been done now ad nauseam and it has been running thin for a while now. The final step is 3) make money off the children, we are at that stage now. There is nothing else now, even though they had 4 years to create a serious business, what could have worked, if they knew exactly what they wanted. Apart from attention, of course.
Being an A Lister is hard work and you require a team of very good and therefore expensive advisors, who know what they are doing, and you need to trust and listen to them. They are floating around and maybe Meghan is happy with the attention she is constantly creating, no matter on what basis.
Harry will certainly be frustrated by it, as it shows with almost every public outing.
I do see a future for Meghan, she will survive, but I dont see Harry in it in the long run.
She's already planning a business venture with her daughter, very telling

IMO the business model was to continue to be financed by the then Prince of Wales, the security from the UK, to pick and chose Royal events to keep the profile up . They might have still covered the book and docu but it would have been nicer versions to keep the status quo flowing.
I also think they jumped too quick into the philanthropy, maybe make some substantial money first, then go down that road.
All the hints about what they were going to do yet how much of it actually happened, nothing original came out of any of it. Everything they do is a copy.
There is a stench of desperation now, any income now is going to depend on Meghan because Harry has never had to earn money in his life, she knows what it is to graft to get a job. A couple of speeches by Harry here and there is not going to pay the bills.
His only ability to earn real money rests with his family especially his late mother. It would not surprise me if her story is next on the agenda.

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

IMO the business model was to continue to be financed by the then Prince of Wales, the security from the UK, to pick and chose Royal events to keep the profile up . They might have still covered the book and docu but it would have been nicer versions to keep the status quo flowing.
I also think they jumped too quick into the philanthropy, maybe make some substantial money first, then go down that road.
All the hints about what they were going to do yet how much of it actually happened, nothing original came out of any of it. Everything they do is a copy.
There is a stench of desperation now, any income now is going to depend on Meghan because Harry has never had to earn money in his life, she knows what it is to graft to get a job. A couple of speeches by Harry here and there is not going to pay the bills.
His only ability to earn real money rests with his family especially his late mother. It would not surprise me if her story is next on the agenda.

You are right, they never had a plan B when plan A (half in, half out) went down the drain. Maybe the fact that they were cut off parazlyzes them until this very day because they simply cant believe it.

I could have listed Diana as 4) but I chose not to because this is the past, really. I am in my mid 50s and I already know a lot of people who have no clue who Diana was and have not heard the stories around her life. The topic gets more uninteresting by the minute and it would be hard to earn the kind of money with it they are thinking of.

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

With her daughter. What? There is no talent. Advisors advice with talent. I don’t see a future really for either. The children neither. Savannah Phillips is more interesting as a royal. And Princess Bea’s stepson. Seeing as they don’t Live in the royal orbit they aren’t really that interesting. Genes are really not that important. You have to live the life.

She recently said so in her podcast

Meghan Markle hints at starting a business with 3-year-old daughter Lilibet: ‘We’ll be building something’

The Duchess of Sussex could soon have a new business partner — her very own daughter Lilibet.

nypost.com

 

[Hallo girl]

You are right, they never had a plan B when plan A (half in, half out) went down the drain. Maybe the fact that they were cut off parazlyzes them until this very day because they simply cant believe it.

I could have listed Diana as 4) but I chose not to because this is the past, really. I am in my mid 50s and I already know a lot of people who have no clue who Diana was and have not heard the stories around her life. The topic gets more uninteresting by the minute and it would be hard to earn the kind of money with it they are thinking of.

I agree and it is the past, I am in my 70's I lived through the War of the Wales, it is all Harry has left with regards his Royal connections. He has no recent inside information , he can only sell the past.
Diana still sells, the problem is it will be Harrys version .

 

[Mbruno]

I wonder what all these people actually do on a day to day basis. Neither of the Sussexes seems particularly busy imo.

Indeed. a director of communications and a director of European communications, plus a press secretary and a deputy press secretary seem a bit too much for a couple that essentially doesn't do much on a regular basis.

Besides, having such a large staff must cost them a lot. Where is their operating income coming from? Is it all from the Netflix deal or whatever is left from the Spotify deal?

 

[Hallo girl]

Indeed. a director of communications and a director of European communications, plus a press secretary and a deputy press secretary seem a bit too much for a couple that essentially doesn't do much on a regular basis.

Besides, having such a large staff must cost them a lot. Where is their operating income coming from? Is it all from the Netflix deal or whatever is left from the Spotify deal?

Seemingly they each have a chief of Staff, to do what?
Smoke and mirrors, it looks and sounds the part. Could the loss of staff also have something to do with there being a lack of work to actually do.
If you are on a career path , join the Sussex team, then find what you are doing is either very little or nothing like the job description then you might want to move on to something more involved and satisfying. You go for your next interview and you are asked what you achieved with the Sussex team!!!!

 

[shady lady]

Harry didn’t ‘lose’ Sentebale. He and his fellow patron Prince Leeiso chose to resign along with ALL the board members because they felt that the Chair was not handling things as she should have. That’s not losing, that is resigning as a matter of principle.

And please, let’s not put the blame on either one side or the other for what happened at Sentebale until the Charity Commission ends its investigations and issues its findings.

You will have noted that I said he lost Sentebale in my opinion because someone finally stood up to H&M. It is also my opinion that everyone resigned because PH told them to and because they wanted to find another chair who would let them do whatever they/he wanted. They can dress it up however they like that they resigned "as a matter of principle", but that is also not an established fact; just what PH and the trustees are telling everyone. It was Dr Sophie who reported the trustees to the Charity Commission remember, that's not something people normally do unless they have a very good reason, are willing to fight their corner - and are prepared to stand up to people who they believe are bullying them.

Obviously, we won't find out until Charity Commission publish their findings but I am sure they will be an awful lot of spin going on in H&M's camp to minimise any wrongdoing on their part. It may well be that it's a case of "six of one and half a dozen of the other" and both camps are to blame; but if so, will PH for once be capable of accepting responsibility? I doubt it very much. It will be everyone else's fault, as per.

 

[pieve]

She recently said so in her podcast

Meghan Markle hints at starting a business with 3-year-old daughter Lilibet: ‘We’ll be building something’

The Duchess of Sussex could soon have a new business partner — her very own daughter Lilibet.

nypost.com

Meghan said:
"I wonder if one day I'll start a business with Lili and build something."

From my perspective as a parent, when we think about our children's future, it's usually with the idea of wishing them the best in every area, but certainly not with the possibility of creating a brand together that could make you richer and more famous.
Our children are not objects to be used for our own benefit.

But let's wait and see what the future holds for Meghan. There's a period called adolescence, which often holds big surprises for parents. Let's never forget that children are human beings, with their own personalities.
Good luck, Meghan

 

[pieve]

Are we surprised by such huge staff turnover? Definiteley not! The question is what was the root cause ? Perhaps Meghan's decision to share her infamous twerking clip.....

I read somewhere that it was the new communications team who supported the idea of posting the video online, along with photos from Disneyland.
If Meghan keeps the new team and parts ways with the old one, should we expect more surprising images from the very private, now very public, life of the Sussex family?

 

[Hallo girl]

I read somewhere that it was the new communications team who supported the idea of posting the video online, along with photos from Disneyland.
If Meghan keeps the new team and parts ways with the old one, should we expect more surprising images from the very private, now very public, life of the Sussex family?

Opinions do not matter it is the number of views that count nowadays.

 

[Mbruno]

I do see a future for Meghan, she will survive, but I dont see Harry in it in the long run.
She's already planning a business venture with her daughter, very telling

I am not so sure if I see a viable future for Meghan without Harry.

Harry, no matter what, will always be Diana's and the King's son and the future King's brother. That in itself is a life guarantee for him. Regardless of how many bridges he may have burned, the Royal Household will always come to his rescue should a worst case scenario happen and his family origin alone guarantees that he will always be person of interest to the public.

Meghan, on the other hand, is fast becoming insufferable, not only in the UK, but now even in the US. She has in a way the opposite of all the attributes that one would identify with a likeable public person. Without her royal connection, I don't see her thriving in any project that relies on popularity or public interest.

 

[Hallo girl]

I am not so sure if I see a viable future for Meghan without Harry.

Harry, no matter what, will always be Diana's and the King's son and the future King's brother. That in itself is a life guarantee for him. Regardless of how many bridges he may have burned, the Royal Household will always come to his rescue should a worst case scenario happen and his family origin alone guarantees that he will always be person of interest to the public.

Meghan, on the other hand, is fast becoming insufferable, not only in the UK, but now even in the US. She has in a way the opposite of all the attributes that one would identify with a likeable public person. Without her royal connection, I don't see her thriving in any project that relies on popularity or public interest.

I would agree, I am not saying he would be a working royal again , but I think you have a fair point.