Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s longtime Archewell PR rep begins personal agency

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s longtime publicist, Ashley Hansen, is leaving the Sussexes’ firm Archewell to launch her personal consulting agency, Web page Six has discovered.

A supply tells us that the well-respected PR rep stepped down Thursday after working for the Duke, 40, and Duchess of Sussex, 43, for greater than two years.

Hansen had been working beneath the royal couple as their international press secretary and head of communications. Kyle Boulia, Harry and Markle’s official press secretary, reported to her.

Regardless of her exit, Hansen will proceed to work with Harry and Markle, as she it taking over the prince and “Fits” alum as part-time purchasers at her Los Angeles-based consulting agency, Three Gate Methods.

The PR guru will proceed to signify and advise the Sussexes, in addition to present oversight to their worldwide communications staff.

Her new firm can even deal with communications and model administration for different distinguished people and organizations. 

We’re additionally informed Hansen didn’t go away her full-time function at Archewell for any nefarious causes.

“We’re so happy with Ashley, particularly as a feminine entrepreneur,” Markle says on behalf of her and Harry.

“We stay up for having her centered experience on our enterprise and artistic tasks and her continued oversight of our communications staff. My husband and I are excited to be alongside Ashley as she builds one thing terribly particular together with her agency.”

Hansen, for her half, provides, “I’m extremely grateful to The Duke and Duchess for his or her continued belief.

“Their unwavering assist and perception in my new agency has been significant and is a testomony to their management. I knew after they first employed me that they have been giving me the chance of a lifetime and I couldn’t be happier to proceed working collectively.”

Regardless of the varieties phrases, Hansen is the nineteenth individual to stop working for the Sussexes in a full-time capability in recent times, sparking additional questions concerning the work surroundings the couple gives.

The 18 other people which have left have included manufacturing supervisor Bennett Levine, head of promoting Fara Taylor, head of content material Ben Browning and a number of other others.

Josh Kettler, who left his place as chief of workers in August after simply three months, reportedly “wasn’t comfy” with a few of the elements of his function.

“He thought it was higher to depart now than to proceed in a job that he didn’t get pleasure from,” a supply informed the Day by day Mail on the time.

Staffers reportedly have conflicting opinions on what it’s prefer to work for the Sussexes.

“There undoubtedly have been dangerous, very dangerous, even psycho moments. I witnessed folks being chewed up in individual and over the cellphone and made to really feel like s–t,” an aide informed the Day by day Beast final month.

“However it was an extremely fraught time and I’m inclined to present her the advantage of the doubt. She has stated herself she was suicidal at occasions.”

One other supply who labored with Markle previous to her lavish Might 2018 wedding ceremony added to the outlet, “She is gorgeous when it’s all going her approach however a demon when the worm turns.”

Ex-chief of workers Catherine St-Laurent, who has remained shut with the Sussexes, claimed to the Day by day Mail, although, “The time I spent working with Prince Harry and Meghan was extremely significant to me,”