Two members of the British Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have faced a series of difficult and unfortunate circumstances largely of their own making since stepping back from their royal duties roughly five years ago.

As part of a potentially continuing shake-up in recent weeks, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly lost four of their staffers, according to Fox News.

One Royal Family expert noted that Harry and Meghan have lost upwards of 20 staffers since moving to California in 2020, while another likened the significant staffing changes to a figurative "bloodbath" that they are responsible for.

At least four staffers have departed in recent weeks

In an exclusive report on Friday, Hello! magazine reported that, after recently taking on two new senior advisors, Prince Harry and Meghan have parted ways with at least four more staffers within the past few weeks.

That includes Kyle Boulia, their Los Angeles-based deputy press secretary, and Charlie Gipson, their U.K.-based press officer, along with at least two others, per an unnamed source.

Boulia and Gipson had just been hired last year to take charge of the Royal couple's communications team, but were seemingly replaced before moving on earlier this year by the hiring of Chief Communications Officer Meredith Maines -- previously of Google, Hulu, and "American Idol" -- and Director of Communications Emily Robinson, who previously worked for Netflix.

"Something tells me there will be another change in the future," a source described as "familiar" with the Sussexes' "approach" told the outlet. "Meghan and Harry have hired some of the most incredible people at the top of their fields, yet somehow none of them ever work out."

New communications head explains "strategic decision" to alter staffing team

People magazine reported that it had independently confirmed that Boulia and Gipson were among the handful of staffers who've left the Sussexes' team in recent weeks, and seemed to suggest that Maines was responsible for the shake-up.

"As the Duke and Duchess's business and philanthropic interests grow, I have made the strategic decision to move toward a more traditional communications structure of specialist agency support, as previously reported in Forbes and PR Week several weeks ago," Maines said in a statement.

She added, "Transitioning from a team of two to an agency support staff of eight, operating across five different time zones, will give international media and stakeholders better access, and critically, faster response times to inquiries."

Another example of Harry and Meghan's "dysfunction and instability"

According to Fox News, British Royal Family expert Hilary Fordwich said the staffing shake-up "stands as another indication of the dysfunction and instability within their household," and further noted, "Highly qualified professionals from many top-notch firms have previously struggled to thrive under the Sussexes. This latest bloodbath serves as solid confirmation."

Also chiming in was Royal Family expert Richard Fitzwilliams, who observed that around 20 different staffers have parted ways with Prince Harry and Meghan since 2020, and said, "Something is clearly very wrong if you work for the Sussexes."

"There are those who would link this to the reputation Meghan has of being difficult to work with," he continued, alluding to allegations that Meghan is a bully toward staffers -- which she has insistently denied -- but also suggested the high rate of turnover could be the result of bad advice, "dreadful" plans, and poor decisions on what should and shouldn't be publicly revealed.

Fitzwilliams pointed to a few recent examples of such, including moving forward with a flopped Netflix series, an ill-advised BBC interview for Harry, and the sharing of a "twerking video" from just before the birth of their daughter, Lilibet, and added, "This will haunt them. With judgments as bad as this … you can’t blame staff for looking elsewhere."