Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s publicist quits after

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s eleventh publicist has resigned after the “final straw” of the deleted picture drama involving the Kardashians.

News of Meredith Maines’ exit as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s chief communications officer at Archewell Philanthropies, after only 10 months, was announced on Friday, December 26. In October, it was reported that the Sussexes have skilled the departure of 10 employees members since they withdrew from Royal duties and moved to California over 5 years in the past.

Now, a source has revealed to Page Six that Maines resigned before Christmas however will stay with the company by way of the new yr to assist with the transition. Another insider claims that the drama with the Kardashians, which concerned each Kris Jenner and her daughter Kim Kardashian deleting snaps of themselves posing with the former royals, was the “final straw” for Maines.

Weeks before Maines give up, Meghan and Harry made headlines after attending Jenner’s seventieth birthday celebration on November 8.

Harry, 41, and Markle, 44, arrived at the star-studded bash held at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s $175 million Beverly Hills, California, mansion wanting glamorous as ever.

They mingled and networked with the A-listers, which included Kardashian, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Bill Gates, Paris Hilton, Tyler Perry, Ciara, Mark Zuckerberg, and many more.

After the celebration, the Skims co-founder and her mother shared a carousel of pictures, including one with the couple. However, on November 9, followers observed that that they had been faraway from the carousel.

A source told Page Six that those closest to the royal household thought Harry and Meghan’s look at the celebration was “so tacky.”

“It truly shows that Harry is so far removed from the rest of the family. These people may be stars in America, but the pure ostentatiousness is at odds with what Prince William is trying to do with his life and the monarchy,” the insider said last month.

A source told the outlet that the couple’s rep requested Jenner and Kardashian, 45, to take away Instagram photos that confirmed them at the celebration. “They don’t want to piss off the royal family while they are trying to reconcile,” a source said.

Another insider claimed that the Kardashian-Jenner clan was “getting annoyed with the Sussex camp” for “overshadowing” what was meant to be “a celebration of Kris.”

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PEOPLE first understood that the pictures have been deleted because the couple had checked “no” on a photograph consent type.

However, a source near the event told the outlet that wasn’t the case, as they said, “There were no consent forms.”

At the time, followers theorized why the snaps of the former royals have been deleted on Reddit, with one consumer penning, “Can understand why Kris would take them down b/c am sure the comments were brutal.”

A second individual then commented, “If KK took the photo down, it’s because she wanted to imo. She gave Meghan her five minutes and then deleted.”

Meanwhile, Meghan and Harry’s look at Jenner’s seventieth birthday celebration was branded as “tacky” by an insider of the royal household.

The look has been dismissed by a palace insider who claims it reveals how “far removed” the couple is from the royal household and their charity work and targets.

As the head of PR for the Sussexes, Maines, who started working for the couple in January, needed to take care of all the public backlash geared toward them. However, according to a new source, the Kardashian picture drama was what led the publicist to lastly give up.

On Friday, news surfaced that Maines had resigned. A source near Maines told Page Six, “She’s unflappable, and does not complain … she really enjoyed her time there, but at a certain point it’s time to go.”

The insider added, “Coming from the VC and tech industries, she’s used to so many things going on at all times. Others may have thought it was not a traditional background, but I think it worked well.

“The quantity she was in a position to do in virtually a yr was wonderful — she launched Meghan’s podcast and TV present … and regarded after the Prince’s charity work.” The source revealed that Maines “did what she wanted to do.”