Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shake up their staff.
The US chief of staff of Sussexes is leaving her post after less than a year in the role, Fox News confirmed.
Catherine St-Laurent has since moved into a senior advisory role for Archewell, the non-profit organization founded a year ago by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The former chief of staff previously held senior roles at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and only went to work for Markle and Harry in April last year.
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In addition to her position as chief of staff, St-Laurent also held the role of executive director of Archewell – who will now be appointed by a longtime employee of the Sussexes, James Holt.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s chief of staff, Catherine St-Laurent, have taken on a senior advisory role for Archewell.
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In addition, Invisible Hand – a diverse team led by women, based in New York City and led by Genevieve Roth – has also joined Archewell.
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Meanwhile, the foundation in the lucrative space for content development recently announced that Ben Browning – who is behind HBO’s ‘I Know This Much is True’, as well as the Golden Globe-nominated film ‘Promising Young Woman’, will be hired as the head of content.
In the strategic role, Browning will oversee the content of Archewell Productions and Archewell Audio for the organization’s production and audio divisions, where he works closely with Netflix and Spotify to lead Archewell’s creative partnerships and bring inspiring content to life through through diverse storytelling on TV, film, and podcasts.
The Sussexes made several other changes to their staff, including hiring a Hollywood executive.
(Reuters)
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“Archewell is incredibly pleased to welcome Ben, Genevieve and the Invisible Hand team to the organization,” Toya Holness, Global Press Secretary for Archewell, said in a statement. “Along with the appointment of James Holt as Executive Director of the Archewell Foundation, they join a rapidly growing team that is deeply committed to promoting systemic cultural change and supporting compassionate communities around the world.”
The news of the structural turmoil comes on the heels of a report by the Times of London in February, which revealed allegations of alleged bullying of Markle’s former office in Kensington Palace.
Markle’s team vehemently denied the report, calling the allegations a “calculated smear campaign” to infer from her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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As Buckingham Palace is considering appointing a diversity chief as the bombing with Winfrey was broadcast.