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Meghan Markle's bodyguard quits after less than one year as the duchess struggles to adjust to 'constraints' of royal life

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This handout from the Fijian Government taken and released on October 24, 2018 shows Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2nd L) leaving the municipal market in Suva

This handout from the Fijian Government taken and released on October 24, 2018 shows Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2nd L) leaving the municipal market in Suva

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at St Charles hospital in west London to visit Smart Works, a charity to which she has become patron on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at St Charles hospital in west London to visit Smart Works, a charity to which she has become patron on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Pregnant Meghan is ushered out of Suva Municipal Market in Fiji – just seven minutes
after arriving. Photo: Ian Vogler/PA

Pregnant Meghan is ushered out of Suva Municipal Market in Fiji – just seven minutes after arriving. Photo: Ian Vogler/PA

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at St Charles hospital in west London to visit Smart Works, a charity to which she has become patron on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at St Charles hospital in west London to visit Smart Works, a charity to which she has become patron on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave St Mary Magdalene's church after the Royal Family's Christmas Day service on the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain, December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave St Mary Magdalene's church after the Royal Family's Christmas Day service on the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain, December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Meghan Markle in London. Picture: Kensington Palace/Instagram

Meghan Markle in London. Picture: Kensington Palace/Instagram

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives for a visit to the Royal Variety Charity's at Brinsworth House on December 18, 2018 in Twickenham, England

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives for a visit to the Royal Variety Charity's at Brinsworth House on December 18, 2018 in Twickenham, England

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, arrives to visit the Royal Variety Charity’s residential nursing and care home Brinsworth House, in west London, Britain, December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, arrives to visit the Royal Variety Charity’s residential nursing and care home Brinsworth House, in west London, Britain, December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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This handout from the Fijian Government taken and released on October 24, 2018 shows Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2nd L) leaving the municipal market in Suva

One of Meghan Markle's bodyguards has left her post after less than one year because she found the royal's determination to retain the independence of her previous life too challenging to work with.

The woman, an inspector with the Metropolitan Police assigned to cover the British royal family, cannot be named for security reasons, but had a 15-minutes-of-fame moment in Fiji in October when she leapt into action to remove Meghan from a market which became overcrowded and was deemed a safety threat.


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