On Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, reportedly announced that they will quite social media as they focus on their new roles in the US.
The decision of Harry and Meghan, who have more than 10 million followers on their official royal Instagram account, comes after the royal couple were alienated by the ‘hate’ they found online.
The London-based Sunday Times newspaper reported that the couple, who stepped down as senior royals last year, had no plans to use social media for their non-profit organization, Archewell, and were very unlikely to return to the sites in a personal capacity.
It comes after days of criticism of social media companies for giving a platform to Donald Trump, the US president who was suspended from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram indefinitely last week after inciting a mob who raided the US Capitol in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Harry and Meghan’s primary social media account was @sussexroyal on Instagram, which has 10.4 million followers but has not posted any new content since March 2020.
The couple agreed not to use the word “royal” in their branding from spring last year as they began new, more financially independent roles in the US.
In 2020, Harry and Meghan announced that they would step down as senior members of the royal family and relocated to Southern California. More recently, they announced a podcast deal with Spotify and a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce feature films, scripted series, documentaries, and children’s programming.
