Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly permanently separating their professional lives after the Duke of Sussex spent nine months planning the move.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are establishing their own 'royal' household structure in a significant shift from their previous arrangements.
The couple will each have their own chief of staff as part of this new professional separation.
This represents a departure from their earlier approach of relying on informal advisers for their public and commercial activities.
The Duke of Sussex is set to launch his own as-yet-undisclosed commercial venture
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At the helm of this new operation will be Meredith Kendall Maines, a seasoned communications strategist whose role has drawn comparisons with Sir Clive Alderton, the Private Secretary to King Charles and Queen Camilla.
She will lead a team of 11 staff operating out of Montecito, California, and the UK.
This restructuring will operate separately from Archewell, the Sussexes' philanthropic foundation. Each senior appointee in the new household will reportedly earn a six-figure salary.
A source told the Mail: "Harry is turning away from all sorts of Hollywood publicists and is seeking counsel from his old friends and associates.
"He is clearly reaching out thinking, 'I need to do something different because what I'm doing is clearly not working'."
The couple will each have their own chief of staff as part of this new professional separation.
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The launch of his Californian 'household' follows nine months of overtures to old advisers and Zoom calls with former Palace PR experts, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Prince Harry is set to launch his own as-yet-undisclosed commercial venture in the coming months.
While he will continue to focus on the Invictus Games Foundation, sources indicate he has "commercial ideas of his own" that will be revealed later this year.
A source said: "Harry is unkindly described as the 'spare' to Meghan's endeavours.
"In reality, he has been giving her the space to flourish. Now it is his time to throw himself into exciting new work. Invictus will always come first, but he has also been working on commercial ideas of his own."
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Prince Harry is said to have grown "increasingly weary" of the unfavourable coverage that has dogged the couple since their departure from royal duties.
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Prince Harry is said to have grown "increasingly weary" of the unfavourable coverage that has dogged the couple since their departure from royal duties.
The latest YouGov poll showed Meghan's popularity in the UK has plummeted to its lowest point since tracking began in 2017.
A source said: "The recent polling showing that [Harry] is one of the lowest-regarded royals means he has at last conceded there's nowhere to go but up.
"There's humility there. It's time to streamline his operation and find a new way of getting his message across. Service above oneself is the cornerstone of everything he does."
