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Meghan Markle loses her third key Palace aide in just a few months as Duchess's right-hand woman


Amy Pickerill, who was appointed as Meghan’s assistant private secretary just last year, is to leave her post after the couple move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor this month

To lose one key aide may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose all of them looks like carelessness.

I can disclose that the Duchess of Sussex’s right-hand woman is to become the latest member of her staff to quit.

Amy Pickerill, who was appointed as Meghan’s assistant private secretary just last year, is to leave her post after the couple move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor this month.

‘Amy is leaving,’ a royal source confirms. ‘It’s very sad for her colleagues, as she is a really popular member of staff.’

Amy Pickerill, who was appointed as Meghan’s assistant private secretary just last year, is to leave her post after the couple move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor this month

Amy Pickerill accompanied Meghan during visit to City Uni London

It is understood that Amy will be leaving the Royal Household altogether and moving overseas

Amy was always on hand to the Duchess and had taken her coat out of a puddle during a visit to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre

The move is a shock as Amy was handpicked to work for Meghan and was tipped to succeed Samantha Cohen, who is due to step down as the Duchess’s private secretary after 17 years with the Royal Family.

It is understood that Amy will be leaving the Royal Household altogether and moving overseas.

She has played an important role in introducing Meghan to royal life, organising charity projects such as the cookbook the Duchess published to help families affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster.

move is a shock as Amy was handpicked to work for Meghan and was tipped to succeed Samantha Cohen, who is due to step down as the Duchess’s private secretary after 17 years with the Royal Family

Frogmore cottage in the grounds of Frogmore House, near Windsor (pictured above) where the couple are set to be moving this month

Prince Harry and Meghan to move to Frogmore Cottage

A friend of Amy insists she has a warm relationship with Meghan, adding: ‘She has agreed to stay on to help them with the birth of the baby and organise their new household, but will then move on.’

Amy’s departure will mean that all three of the main women working for Meghan will have left in a matter of months.

Last November, I disclosed that Meghan’s PA, Melissa Touabti, had quit less than six months after the American actress married Prince Harry.

Frogmore cottage in the grounds of Frogmore House, near Windsor (pictured above) where the couple are set to be moving this month

Like Melissa, Amy had to deal with the traumatic build-up to the wedding last May, in which the Duchess’s father, Thomas Markle, gave a running commentary to journalists on the likelihood of his attending the ceremony.

He decided not to come just five days before the big day, leaving Harry to ask Prince Charles to step into the breach and walk Meghan up the aisle. Amy was pictured at Heathrow airport, picking up Meghan’s mother, Doria.

Royal biographer Robert Jobson claimed in his book, Charles At Seventy, that Meghan’s wedding preparations were so stressful that Harry became ‘petulant and short-tempered’ with members of staff.

He wrote: ‘Raising his voice on occasion, Harry would insist: “What Meghan wants, she gets.” ’

Amy Pickerill

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My view: People say Meghan must be an absolute nightmare to work with, I don't think so, I believe she's the kind of person that likes working a lot and wants 100% commitment from her staff and if they can't give her what she wants, they have no choice but to quit. They're all quitting before the birth of her baby/twins, as the pressure will double after having her baby. Any job you're doing and you're not happy doing it and you do not have peace of mind, there's no amount of money that is worth your happiness. Also maybe Meg's over-confidence and "tough" attitude towards her staff is a complete turn off, that's why some people find her "difficult" even her husband Harry looks glum at times, he's so scared of her, that's why he said "Meghan gets what Meghan wants". Meghan has a pretty face but she's a hardhearted person, she won't even forgive her own father, what kind of a humanitarian is that? while her own friends leaks stuff to the press.

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