and were savaged following their latest decision to sack their communications team, in what sources described as a "purge" of their PR circle. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex , including UK-based Charlie Gipson, their Director of Communications in Europe, and US-based Kyle Boulia, their deputy press secretary.

One of the unlucky team members given the boot was Lianne Cashin, the former head of operations at Archewell, just weeks after she was promoted to a senior consultant and praised by sources close to the Montecito couple. Also cut was Deesha Tank, Archewell's Director of Communications, as well as Meghan Markle's social media manager.

The shakeup is thought to have taken place before on Instagram to mark fourth birthday.

It followed another year of PR humiliations for the Sussexes, who were branded "local villains" in a Vanity Fair take-down story back in January, which also included various allegations of mistreatment by former staff. The Sussexes never responded to these allegations.

Now, a source has savaged the couple and accused them of "failing to understand why things don't change." They told : "Meghan and Harry always blame everyone else and never themselves.

"No one ever seems to be good enough for them and yet they fail to understand why things don't change."

Harry and Meghan's bad publicity continued throughout the year, after the Duchess was mocked for her "chaotic" rebranding of American Riviera Orchard to As Ever.

Meghan's Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, was also brutally savaged by critics as was her new podcast series, Confessions of a Female Founder.

The Duchess also made headlines after she was caught , despite agreeing not to commercially five years ago when she left the Royal Family.

Earlier this month, it emerged that the Sussex couple added PR agency Method Communications to their roster and

Meredith Maines remains as their chief communications officer, according to the outlet.

She said: "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."