The news that Ms Hansen is leaving her role – although still representing the couple – comes after a war of words erupted between current and former employees of Harry and Meghan about their experiences of working for the Sussexes.
Since moving to the US four years ago, the pair have earned a reputation for having a high staff turnover at their Archewell organisation. Harry’s former chief of staff Josh Kettler lasted just three months in his role before he left. And last month, allegations that Meghan “belittles people”, “doesn’t take advice” and has the nickname “Duchess Difficult” surfaced in the American title Hollywood Reporter, prompting other staff to leap to her defence.
One of them was Ms Hansen, who said her bosses could not be more supportive. She explained to US Weekly magazine that she was forced to take time off work following a serious surgery – and was afterwards inundated with supportive phone calls, care packages and flowers from Meghan.
She said: “When I told them, I was met with the kind of concern and care a parent would express if it were their own child.” She added: “Most profoundly to me, Meghan would personally reach out to my husband daily to make sure that we both were OK and had support. It meant so much to him and even more to me. You don’t realise how much that kind of kindness and thought means until you need it.”
Meanwhile, others said they’ve been “dumbfounded” by the latest “Duchess Difficult” claims with one anonymous staff telling the magazine: “This is the first company I’ve worked [where I] liked every person. Harry and Meghan picked the best of the best from every field and watered the seeds for them to flourish. We have an enormous microscope on us. But good things are happening.”
