The game of “musical chairs” is starting again in the offices of Meghan Markle and of Principe Harry. Meredith Mainestheir communications director, just threw in the towel. Hired at the end of February, she spent ten months with the couple. Now that the position is vacant, who will have the courage to submit their CV?
«Meredith Maines e Method Communications they ended their relationship with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The Duke and Duchess are grateful for their contribution and wish them well,” a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed in a statement shared by People.
«After an exciting year of working with Prince Harry and Meghanthe Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and with Archewell, I will be faced with a new opportunity in 2026,” he said Meredith Maines. “I have the deepest gratitude and respect for the couple and their team, and for the good they do in the world,” Maines said.
Meredith Maines, who took over in early March, he was tasked with overseeing communications relating to the Sussexes’ projects and managing their public imagewhich has faltered for many months. “She is very strategic and has dealt with everything from the Netflix project to their philanthropic initiatives,” a source told the American magazine. «She is well liked throughout the industry – he never complains and never says anything negative – and he really enjoyed his work with the Sussexes.”
It was she – assisted by Liam Maguirespokesperson for Prince Harry in the United Kingdom – to be photographed last July with Tobin Andreascommunications secretary to King Charles III and the regina Camilla (in office since the summer of 2022), raising hopes of a thaw in relations between the sovereign and his son. An ambitious project that was clearly nipped in the bud.
The Sussexes and the press officers: a tumultuous history
Experienced communicator who has worked for Google and Hulu, Meredith Maines joins a long list of press officers who have abandoned Sussex in recent months. At the end of 2024, Ashley Hansenhead of international communications, took off to launch his own communications company. Three members of the press team resigned this summer, followed closely by Emily Robinsona former Netflix employee who worked on the series The Crown which is based on the history of the British royal family – who remained the Sussexes’ communications director for four months.
Second People, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have already chosen the news agency that will represent them in the United States. Furthermore, they reportedly intend to change strategy by entrusting all their communications to Liam Maguire. Is this the way to avoid a mysterious twelfth hasty departure?
