Prince Harry has lost yet another staffer as the CEO of his children’s charity Sentebale has resigned.
Chief executive Richard Miller, who was based in London, has left his post after five years.
The charity was co-founded by the Duke of Sussex, 40, and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006.
The name which translates to “forget me not,” is in honor of his late mother, Princess Diana, whose favorite flowers were forget-me-nots. It offers “comprehensive support for children and young people, including those living with HIV/AIDS” by covering “healthcare, critical life skills, advocacy, vocational training, and climate resilience in Lesotho and Botswana.”
The organization confirmed that Miller had left, saying that he will be replaced by an interim executive director, Carmel Gaillard, who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“This shift reflects our continued commitment to being guided by voices from within the region we serve,” Harry and Seeiso said in a statement.
“We sincerely thank Richard for his pivotal role in steering our organization toward this important evolution.”
Miller released his own statement calling Gaillard “the logical next step” for the charity and that it was the right time “for this shift to local leadership.”
“Carmel is an incredible asset to position Sentebale further as a leader in the region,” Miller added.
Miller’s departure comes just one month after Andrew Tucker, who also worked for the charity, resigned after nearly a decade.
And last year advertising honcho Johnny Hornby also left after serving as a trustee for the African-based organization.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, 43, have also seen staff quit this year.
In September their chief of staff, Josh Kettler, abruptly left after only three months on the job.
“There were aspects of it (the job) that he wasn’t comfortable with,” a source claimed at the time. “He thought it was better to leave now than to continue in a job that he did not enjoy.”
In 2018, Markle was accused of bullying palace employees so severely that they quit.
A human resources complaint written by communications assistant Jason Knauf in 2018 reportedly said, “I am very concerned that the Duchess was able to bully two PAs out of the household in the past year.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex both vociferously denied the charges.
In his memoir, “Spare,” Harry wrote that his wife was a caring and considerate boss who “checked on staff who were ill, sent baskets of food or flowers or goodies to anyone struggling, depressed, off sick.”
Several other high-level Archewell employees have left over the years including Oscar-winning producer Ben Browning and Fara Taylor, the marketing campaign lead for many of the Sussexes’ projects.
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