Meghan Markle <\/a>and Prince Harry have confirmed that staff cuts are coming at their charity, now known as Archewell Philanthropies, amid its restructure<\/a>. <\/p>\n Meghan and Harry responded on Monday to reports in The Daily Mail that job cuts at the organization, formerly known as the Archewell Foundation, were being made \u201cbecause the charity was closing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe move toward a fiscal sponsor operating model does mean that some staff redundancies are inevitable, particularly with junior admin roles,\u201d the spokesperson told People. <\/a>\u201cWe will not be discussing these personnel details further, other than to say that we are honored to have worked with incredibly talented and caring people who dedicate themselves to helping others,\u201d the spokesperson added. <\/p>\n The Independent has contacted representatives for Harry and Meghan for comment. <\/p>\n Last week, Harry and Meghan \u2014 who share a six-year-old son, Archie, and four-year-old daughter, Lilibet \u2014 announced that after five years, the Archwell Foundation was becoming Archewell Philanthropies. <\/p>\n According to the organization\u2019s website, the name change \u201callows the [Harry and Meghan] and their children to expand upon their global philanthropic endeavors as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis next chapter allows Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, to broaden their global philanthropic efforts as a family, with meaningful reach and maximum impact, grounded in the same values, partnerships, and their commitment to show up and do good,\u201d a spokesperson for the couple added in a statement at the time. <\/p>\n Archewell Foundation has previously donated to various causes. The charity donated $500,000 to projects supporting injured children<\/a> from Gaza<\/a> and Ukraine, with the money being used to help the World Health Organisation<\/a> with medical evacuations, and also to fund work developing prosthetics for youngsters seriously hurt in the conflicts. <\/p>\n The donations included $200,000 for the WHO to support medical evacuations from Gaza to Jordan, $150,000 the Save the Children charity to provide ongoing humanitarian support in Gaza, and $150,000 for the Centre of Blast Injury Studies to help its efforts to develop prostheses for injured children, particularly those children injured from the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.<\/p>\n![\"Meghan](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MixCollage-22-Dec-2025-04-48-PM-2920.jpeg\")
Meghan and Harry say staff cuts could affect \u2018junior admin roles\u2019 as they restructure their chairty (Getty Images)<\/p>\n