Meghan Markle opted for a £910 slip dress and £12,500 necklace in her profile photo for her new Instagram launch.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, made a dramatic return to social media with a video of her running on the beach near her home in Montecito, where she lives with Prince Harry and her children Archie, five, and Lilibet. , of three.
The mother-of-two is seen beaming in her profile photo wearing the £910 off-white Francine Jersey maxi dress from New York luxury brand Khaite.
Finishing off her elegant look in the black and white photo was a diamond tennis necklace, worth £12,500 from luxury jewelery maker Logan Hollowell.
Meghan previously wore the glamorous jewelery to an Invictus Games banquet at the Vancouver Convention Center in Canada last year.
Meghan’s long brunette locks were styled in loose waves and her glamorous makeup looked subtle in the stunning image.
Meanwhile, in the video shared yesterday on her new account, the Duchess can be seen walking towards the shoreline of the beach, in a clip filmed by Prince Harry.
In typically elegant style, the mother of two opted for an oversized flowy white shirt, with the sleeves rolled up.
Meghan Markle looks elegant in an £800 long white designer dress in her profile photo on her new Instagram account.
Complementing her eye-catching shirt, she donned a pair of white skinny jeans that were also rolled up her leg as she ran barefoot across the sand.
He then proceeds to draw the digits of the New Year (2025) in the sand, perhaps hinting at an upcoming project.
The return to Instagram comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex vowed to never return to social media after claiming to have dealt with an “almost insurmountable” amount of abuse.
Meghan originally closed all of her social media accounts in January 2018, just after getting engaged to Prince Harry.
“Ms. Markle is grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years, however, since she has not used them for some time, she has made the decision to close them,” a source said at the time. from Kensington Palace.
The mother-of-two is seen beaming in her profile photo wearing the £800 Francine Jersey maxi dress in off-white from New York luxury brand KHaite.
Completing her elegant look in the black and white photo was a diamond tennis necklace, worth £12,500, from luxury jewelery maker Logan Hollowell.
Before meeting Prince Harry, Meghan had amassed more than three million followers on her personal Instagram account.
In August 2023, Meghan’s secret Instagram account was revealed, ahead of a rumored return to social media.
According to social media expert Eric Schiffer, the former actress could make millions with her return to social media.
“I would expect it to quickly become one of the most followed accounts on Instagram,” he told the Daily Mail.
‘You have celebrities like the Kardashians who can charge $1 million or more for a single post promoting a product. “There is no reason why Meghan can’t earn that kind of fee,” he added.
In 2020, Meghan and Harry stopped posting to their Sussex Royal Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Meanwhile, in the video shared yesterday on her new account, the Duchess can be seen walking towards the shoreline of the beach, in a clip filmed by Prince Harry.
Meghan previously wore the glamorous jewelery to an Invictus Games banquet at the Vancouver Convention Center in Canada last year.
The royal couple have frequently spoken out about the abuse they received online, despite continuing to use online media to promote their new “progressive” roles in the US, including most recently via a podcast on Spotify.
But in 2023 it was revealed that Meghan had created an Instagram account, although today is the first time she has posted anything on it.
The duchess secured the account before launching her podcast in August 2022.
At the time, a source said: “Meghan was ready to go on Insta, but changed her mind shortly before launching her “Archetypes” podcast, so she’s there now.”
In 2023, Meghan revealed how eager she was to return to social media, telling The Cut: ‘Do you want to know a secret? I’m going back… to Instagram.’
She had been teasing his return for months, with news that the name @meghan was hers, sparking a fan frenzy despite the account being empty without a single post.
Experts previously predicted Meghan could rake in $1m (£790,000) per post as “an absolute minimum”. They also anticipate that the launch of her account could make her one of the ten highest-paid influencers in the world.
The account was first created in June 2022. It had no biographical information and only a profile photo of pink dahlias.
It’s unclear how Meghan was able to get her unique username, as Instagram guidelines state that handles are given on a first-come, first-served basis. A single-name identifier like @meghan is rare, as most users need to include last names and numbers to find identifiers that haven’t already been used.
It is also not known if the handle was held by a previous user, but celebrities can purchase an Instagram name.