The Sussexes will no longer work with Sunshine Sachs, their PR is in-house now

One of the funniest worrystones of the Sussex-haters is “Sunshine Sachs.” Sunshine Sachs was the Duchess of Sussex’s longtime management and PR firm when she was an actress, and the Sussexes have gotten help from the New York-based firm in recent years, especially as they were Sussexiting and setting up Archewell. Ever since Harry and Meghan put their Archewell team together, it feels like they probably don’t have much need for Sunshine Sachs anymore. Which makes this piece of news rather obvious, from the Mail’s Eden Confidential column:

Once the most-liked member of the Royal Family, Prince Harry currently languishes with his scandal-prone uncle, Prince Andrew, in the (un)popularity stakes. Now, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appear to be taking drastic measures. I can disclose that the couple have ditched Sunshine Sachs, the New York-based public relations outfit that has been advising Meghan Markle since her days as an actress on legal drama Suits.

‘This is a really big deal for Meghan,’ a source tells me. ‘She takes the view that she doesn’t need to pay an outside firm a lot of money to do PR for her and Harry any more.’

Sunshine Sachs’ partner Keleigh Thomas Morgan played a key role in establishing the Sussexes in California, sharing her contacts and a powerful network of advisers and famous friends. A long-term friend of Meghan’s, she helped devise the strategy for the couple’s African tour in 2019, when they were still working members of the Royal Family.

Keleigh, 45, was a guest at the royal wedding and has also represented American actor Tyler Perry, whose Los Angeles mansion Harry and Meghan used as a base while house-hunting.

But from now on the publicity for their numerous ventures is being handled ‘in-house’ at their charitable foundation, Archewell, by former Silicon Valley bigwig Christine Schirmer, who’s head of communications. Toya Holness, who was appointed as ‘global press secretary’ in March 2021, was reported to have parted company with the Sussexes earlier this year.

Schirmer should certainly be kept busy. Not only does Meghan’s series of podcasts for audio giant Spotify resume broadcasting next week, but the couple have a string of big projects in the pipeline including Harry’s highly controversial autobiography and a reality television show for U.S. streaming firm Netflix.

A source with knowledge of the company’s relationship with the couple insists: ‘When Sunshine Sachs began working with the Duke and Duchess, the plan was always for it to be temporary until a full-time internal team could be created. After they were hired, Sunshine Sachs worked alongside them to help the transition. All sides are on good terms and periodic advisory work continues.’

[From The Mail]

Apparently, their Archewell communications team will be headed up by Christine Weil Schirmer, who has a Silicon Valley background and she’s a Northwestern grad, which I’m sure Meghan loves. Anyway, I love all of the dumb conspiracies about how Sunshine Sachs is “paying” people to support Meghan and Harry, or how Sunshine Sachs is buying bots. If you’ve been around royal gossip long enough, you can see that the Windsors and their supporters all share one huge thing in common: projection. Everything they accuse the Sussexes of, they’re doing themselves. The Windsors are buying bots and paying people for inorganic support. As for this split… it feels more like Archewell is growing and succeeding, but the Sussexes will still turn to Meghan’s old team for advice and guidance.

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