https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/02/meghan-markles-baffling-return-to-social-media/
Judith woods:
‘Oh dear Meghan. Sorry, I mean oh dear @meghan. I’m not sure what’s going on but if you were my bestie (call me, it’s not too late) I’d tell you to pop your flip flops back on and talk it out.
Heck, I’d probably even tilt my head, because judging from that instagram post. Something’s Up.There you are dressed all in white, giggling and frolicking barefoot on the beach, writing 2025 in the sand with that bang-on-trend curlicue on the 2s.So free! So happy! And so very @meghan! Quite clearly it’s a relaunch, a rebrand, a reboot. Just nobody knows why or what for.
Entre nous, at first I assumed you were getting divorced until it emerged it was Harry who was behind the camera. Sorry. Sorry, ok?
It’s just we’ve grown so accustomed to you holding on to your husband for dear life in public – at the launch of the Invictus Games, the late Queen’s funeral, the un general assembly for pity’s sake – that his absence from the end of your arm on public occasions now seems horribly significant.
I’m no Insta expert but even I can tell @meghan is a huge moment; it’s been nearly five years since you both closed – were compelled to close – your @sussexroyal account after Her Late Majesty declined your generous offer to have your cake, eat it and flog slices off to the highest bidder.
She really warmed to you, @meghan, which is quite the endorsement. But in all her monarchical wisdom she had no truck with the notion of you and Harry as WFH part-timers at The Firm.
Hence the need to ramp up the self publicity to remind us all you’re still here. Or rather, there.
A lot of ARO strawberry jam has flowed under the bridge in the intervening years, no mean feat since only around 50 jars were ever made and there’s no sign of the other random lifestyle items (cutlery, wine, tablecloths) due to be marketed under the snappiest brand name since Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in München AG.
Anyhoo, @meghan, I gather you’ve got a Netflix cooking series in the oven, so good luck with that. I don’t wish you ill. Far from it. Right now, like the rest of the world, I’m just baffled by the living-your-best-life footage on Instagram.
Actually, on reflection, if one of my 40-something-and-mother-of-two friends posted it I would have assumed she was having a breakdown. No shoes. Always a giveaway. Is it a cry for help?
I’m going to look on the bright side and assume you’re ramping up your career; not least because it means Harry can hang up his polo mallet in Montecito and stay out of trouble looking after the kids, the dogs and the rescue hens.
You do you, @meghan. Sometimes going solo is the only option. You look awesome on that beach, who wouldn’t envy you?
But the time has come to bring more than wide-eyed joy and a royal title to the party – nothing is more hollow than style without substance…’