Meghan Markle launches Instagram account with beach video shot by Prince Harry

Published Jan 01, 2025  •  2 minute read

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives for The Paley Center for Media gala honoring actor and director Tyler Perry, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on December 4, 2024. Photo by Etienne Laurent/AFP /Getty Images

New year, new Instagram account.

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Meghan Markle marked her return to the social media platform with her very own account.

In @meghan’s debut post — filmed by Prince Harry near the couple’s Montecito, Calif., home — the former Suits star is in all white and barefoot as she jogs along a beach towards the waves on a cloudy day.

She slows down and eventually stops, bends to carve “2025” in the sand before laughing and running away.

Meghan disabled the comments on the post; however, pals, including Serena Williams, Chrissy Teigen and Tan France, liked her inaugural video.

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It has been nearly five years since Markle shared her last post on Instagram with husband Harry on their joint page, @sussexroyal.

“As we can all feel, the world at this moment seems extraordinarily fragile,” their post read. “Yet we are confident that every human being has the potential and opportunity to make a difference — as seen now across the globe, in our families, our communities and those on the front line — together we can lift each other up to realize the fullness of that promise.”

They were referring to the COVID-19 crisis in the March 30, 2020 post.

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Meghan previously deactivated her personal social media accounts in January 2018, shortly after her engagement to Harry was announced in November 2017.

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Their @sussexroyal account was deactivated after Meghan and Harry announced their plans to step down as senior working royals and break free from the Royal Family.

It’s been 10 months since Meghan launched the Instagram page for her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard.

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But aside from photos to form the brand’s logo, the account has no details other than a bio that says: “By Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Established 2024.”

Meghan’s new account features a black-and-white photo of the 43-year-old smiling in a white dress as the profile pic, and boasts 190,000 followers.

This appears to be just the beginning, as Meghan is attempting to make an epic comeback in 2025.

Aside from American Riviera Orchard, her Netflix show centring on “cooking, gardening and entertaining” will begin streaming early this year.

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