Meghan Markle has lost another staff member.
The pregnant royals bodyguard, who cannot be named due to security reasons, put in her notice over the weekend, Daily Mail reports.
The bodyguard’s departure marks the third close aide to the Sussex team to leave since the royal wedding last May.
Meghan’s personal assistant Melissa Touabti left her role after just six months, although the reasons for quitting are still unclear. A long-serving aide to Queen Elizabeth, Samantha Cohen, was tasked with giving the former actress ‘duchess lessons’ for six months after her wedding and left the role in November, as planned, after 17 years of service.
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On Saturday, it was reported that the female chief protection officer resigned from Scotland Yard after just six months on the job.
The high-profile personnel “was the first woman to have held such a key role in keeping members of the Royal Family safe.”
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Despite not being named for security reasons, Meghan’s bodyguard made headlines in October, 2018, when she leapt into action to remove Meghan from a Fijian market which became overcrowded and was deemed a safety threat.
Her reason for leaving, Daily Mail claims, was the high-profile position reportedly had to deal with the challenging effects of Meghan’s “wish to be seen as ‘one of the people’.”
“Unlike someone who has grown up in the Royal Family and has been used to having close protection from an early age, it can be constraining,” a source told the outlet.
“Even though [Meghan] was a famous actress, she could still do what she wanted in the way of getting around freely…But in her current role she can’t go anywhere without her protection team, and that’s a massive constraining force on an individual like her.”
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