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Kate Middleton<\/a>\u2019s longtime right-hand woman is stepping into a new chapter.\n<\/p>\n After 15 years of dedicated service, Natasha Archer is departing Kensington Palace, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. An invaluable member of the private household, Archer has made the decision to leave her palace role to set up her own private consultancy \u2014 with more details expected soon.\n<\/p>\n PEOPLE understands the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019 household has wished Natasha the very best for the exciting opportunities ahead.\n<\/p>\n Affectionately known as \u201cTash,\u201d Archer, 37, joined the royal fold in 2010 as a personal assistant to both Princess Kate and Prince William<\/a>. Over time, she became an integral part of Kate\u2019s inner circle and was widely known for being Kate’s unofficial stylist. She was most recently the senior private executive assistant to the Prince and Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n Natasha Archer at Royal Ascot in June 2025.<\/p>\n Max Cisotti\/Dave Benett\/Getty<\/p>\n With her discerning eye for British fashion, Archer was also instrumental in curating Kate\u2019s wardrobe for countless royal engagements \u2014 including high-pressure international tours (in Australia and New Zealand, Kate wore 24 outfits in 19 days!).\n<\/p>\n Archer helped usher Kate from girl-next-door to regal style icon, championing high-end designers such as Alexander McQueen and Jenny Packham. The so-called \u2018Kate Middleton Effect\u2019 \u2014 the phenomenon of fashion items selling out after she wears them \u2014 is estimated to contribute $1.27 billion a year to the U.K. economy.\n<\/p>\n Natasha Archer on tour with Kate Middleton in India in 2016.<\/p>\n Dominic Lipinski – Pool\/Getty<\/p>\n In a royal fashion first, Archer persuaded William to wear a traditional sherwani<\/a> to a 2019 reception in Pakistan during their royal tour, and worked with Kate to upcycle many of her dresses in a bid to embrace more environmentally conscious fashion \u2014 renting a neon-green body-con dress<\/a> from the rental platform HURR for the Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston in 2022.\n<\/p>\n Kate Middleton attends The Earthshot Prize in Boston in 2022.<\/p>\n Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/p>\n The veteran royal staffer has traveled the world alongside Kate, even joining the princess on a gruelling five-hour hike in Bhutan in 2016<\/a> \u2014 just in case a change of outfit was needed.\n<\/p>\n But Archer wasn\u2019t just there for the headline moments; she was also present for some of Kate\u2019s most private ones, arriving at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary\u2019s Hospital with an outfit and baby seat in hand shortly before the birth of Prince George<\/a> in 2013.\n<\/p>\n Natasha Archer in Canada in 2016 for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal tour.<\/p>\n Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n In 2019, the mother of two<\/a> \u2014 who wed Getty royal photographer Chris Jackson in 2017 after they met on the job \u2014 was honored with the Royal Victorian Order for her dedicated service to the royal household. In 2022, she was promoted to senior private executive assistant, a role that, according to her current LinkedIn profile, encompasses managing \u201cclothing, diary and projects.\u201d\n<\/p>\n