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Meghan back on Instagram

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PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 01/01/2025 17:21

Looks like she’s back on Instagram

www.instagram.com/meghan/reel/DESeJO5vFSN/

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Ohnobackagain · 01/01/2025 22:43

No blue tick on her account @PrettyFlyforaMaiTai or is that not a thing anymore? I see some famous people still have one.

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 01/01/2025 22:45

Ohnobackagain · 01/01/2025 22:43

No blue tick on her account @PrettyFlyforaMaiTai or is that not a thing anymore? I see some famous people still have one.

No blue tick for her but Serena Williams and Abigail Spencer’s blue tick accounts are following her!

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snowy37 · 01/01/2025 22:48

Instagram says that I’ve followed the account since 2023 and that it has one previous username - does anyone know what the account was called before?

ForAmberQuoter · 01/01/2025 22:54

So pretty much, they’ve said all SM is bad.

They did not say all social media was bad.

I agree with them about the dangers of social media for children due to its design. Much of the blame for this lies at the feet of of the sm tech billionaires as they have the ability to change things but they won’t willingly do so. I read that recently the Australian government, recognising the dangers of sm for children, has passed legislation that requires sm platforms to restrict access to children under 16. It is bad for children but not for everyone. I don’t think Harry or Meghan has said it’s bad for everyone.

Xag · 01/01/2025 23:08

MrsFinkelstein · 01/01/2025 21:46

Just to clarify - I wasn't criticising the obvious multiple takes (God knows I do for my SM - photos not vids), but more I found it funny, that once again her "freakish eye for detail" was malfunctioning. Rookie production error not to make sure evidence of previous takes wasn't visible.

Be interesting to see what she does with this account. Got to be more than with ARO which was such a botched launch. Currently at 421k followers. Seems to be doing similar numbers so far as ARO did on day 1 (though it was set up June 2022 - was this the account that was rumoured to be hers for ages????)

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The People article linked above quoted from an earlier piece in The Cut. In which it pointed out that when they were working Royals and had just separated their household from the Cambridges, they launched sussexroyal on Insta and it attracted 1m followers in less than 6 hours.

AdditionalCharacter · 01/01/2025 23:16

The only thing I took from that little clip, is that runs like Bob from Shitt's Creek.

BemusedAmerican · 01/01/2025 23:35

Her clothing looks like it came from Uniqlo. The designer of her wedding dress is currently working for Uniqlo. Let's see if the trend continues.

ForAmberQuoter · 01/01/2025 23:53

snowy37 · 01/01/2025 22:48

Instagram says that I’ve followed the account since 2023 and that it has one previous username - does anyone know what the account was called before?

I saw a video on Tik Tik about this, and according to that content creator the account was ‘meghan’ (all lower case) and the accompanying image was pink flowers with greenery. There had been no posts on this account.

As to the video, I think it’s just a normal nice Instagram acknowledgement of the new year. I hope we see more of her own content.

itsstillmehere · 02/01/2025 00:13

Moonshinebaby · 01/01/2025 18:49

Love the outfit, following her instagram account now. Thanks for posting the link.

White jeans and a white shirt? Have you never seen this before? Perplexed...

itsstillmehere · 02/01/2025 00:14

pelargoniums · 01/01/2025 19:01

Someone on Reddit’s already pointed out she’s running past a draft 2025 in the sand that they forgot to scrub out before the final take. Spontaneous! Carefree! Whoops! (I still stan.)

Maybe it was one for her to follow in case she got confused?

itsstillmehere · 02/01/2025 00:22

Meghan said previously that she closed her social accounts for her self preservation. It's an interesting u turn now on this in the light of all that she and Harry have said about the toxicity of social media. It's a very odd choice .

TheRealHousewife · 02/01/2025 04:55

Title now added

Meghan back on Instagram
FatFiatMultiplaWhopper · 02/01/2025 06:58

God she loves that title doesn't she. Despite hating the RF.

NautilusLionfish · 02/01/2025 07:29

Jewell25 · 01/01/2025 20:40

Sure. What does “they are contentment” even mean?

for some reason autocorrect changed it from contented. Hope that clears things for you?

Thedom · 02/01/2025 07:33

For someone who likes to present herself as a philanthropist and would be business owner, it is such a shallow, superficial and vainglorious first post.

Despite all the promotion from People, Hello etc, , surprisingly it hasn't garnered a huge amount of followers immediately, I would have guessed she would have gained a lot more than 500k (there was already 150k followers on it from a few years ago, from those who guessed the blank account was hers), Jennifer Anison and Angelina Jolie both had millions within a few hours of their insta accounts being active.

Alarmclockstop · 02/01/2025 07:57

"Despite all the promotion from People, Hello etc, surprisingly it hasn't garnered a huge amount of followers immediately*

And I think this is the problem, the wedding was nearly 7 years ago, and the OW nearly 4 years ago. Nothing of note has been achieved in the interim.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 02/01/2025 08:10

It’s all a bit golden retriever frolicking at the beach.

Xag · 02/01/2025 08:25

I’m very surprised she’s called herself ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’ as that’’s the version of title as used by a divorced royal duchess

She’s not using her HRH, but is (correctly) The Duchess of Sussex

MillyGoat · 02/01/2025 08:33

Xag · 02/01/2025 08:25

I’m very surprised she’s called herself ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’ as that’’s the version of title as used by a divorced royal duchess

She’s not using her HRH, but is (correctly) The Duchess of Sussex

I’m not surprises at all, the OW interview and whinging about Archie not being a prince because racism proves she knows absolutely nothing about the family she’s milking for fame and fortune.

As usual however, if she has even thought about it I suspect she thinks that the RF have got it wrong for centuries and that hers is the right version because she knows best.

pelargoniums · 02/01/2025 08:35

I just checked and the “the” doesn’t appear to be over the character limit, no reason to miss it out. Perhaps she, like many, doesn’t really care about the minutiae of the titles, just the rough overview? Your average prole doesn’t nitpick over “the Duchess” vs “Duchess”.

1 January is an odd time to relaunch, social media-wise. Everyone’s hungover and full of cheese. She needs expert advice on how to harness the algorithm.

Alarmclockstop · 02/01/2025 08:41

Everyone’s hungover and full of cheese

😂

I've seen the mistake in the sand now, I can't get over how unprofessional it is, of course there are multiple takes of an 'impromptu' moment but at least edit them.

Xag · 02/01/2025 08:46

ForAmberQuoter · 01/01/2025 22:13

Yes. that’s all I’ve found - Claimed by a ‘source’ to Page Six.

But I have also found that an Archewell spokesperson denied that this came from the Sussexes.

Has that denial been published?

Shame they didn’t make the denial at the time of the photoshopping - it could have been a really good opportunity to say that it was a rubbish comment and that people should stop inventing stuff and cease hounding the Waleses.

Instead, nothing was done to rein in the bullying of the ‘Sussex squad’, rather their leaders were included in events

And the rest of the world decided it must have been a frenemy as so much shows a ‘freakishly bad eye for detail’ - whereas if the comment had been disavowed at the time, it might never have gained the traction/persistence that it has

Lessons to learn:

  • either never comment to clap back
  • or if you do (as they have here with this denial) do it immediately

They/their PR adviser (if they have one right now) has made an error on this

Mylovelygreendress · 02/01/2025 08:50

Alarmclockstop · 02/01/2025 08:41

Everyone’s hungover and full of cheese

😂

I've seen the mistake in the sand now, I can't get over how unprofessional it is, of course there are multiple takes of an 'impromptu' moment but at least edit them.

Someone on here likened the video to a golden retriever cavorting on the beach and I can ‘t get that image out of my head !
To me it’s like an old Tampax advert ( “ it’s my life….” )

Uricon2 · 02/01/2025 09:03

Ladybyrd · 01/01/2025 19:56

You know that saying that you have no idea what's going on in people's lives, so be kind? People pay that an awful lot of lip service, but rarely do it. How on earth do you know what's up in her world?

The "be kind" nonsense doesn't work on me. We have absolutely no reason to think that they have faced anything particularly traumatic in the last 12 months (I'm sure we would have heard if they had)

Xag · 02/01/2025 09:34

Mylovelygreendress · 02/01/2025 08:50

Someone on here likened the video to a golden retriever cavorting on the beach and I can ‘t get that image out of my head !
To me it’s like an old Tampax advert ( “ it’s my life….” )

I can't unsee it now!

Running in white jeans on beach/in countryside is very 80s/90s tampax advert! Lets hope their target audience are in general too young to really get that association - or perhaps there wasn't a US ad campaign that paralleled the European one?

(I was going to be naughty and suggest it's an oblique homage to C&C, but some of the more po posters might miss that I was frivolling and take me to task for even thinking it)

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