Meghan Markle criticized over decision to turn comments off on first Instagram post
Meghan Markle is back on social media, but her first post has already sparked controversy as fans are divided over her decision to immediately disable comments on her first post.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, made her dramatic return to Instagram on Wednesday morning, uploading a short clip of herself hitting the beach in an all-white ensemble.
The video, which was apparently captured by her husband, Prince Harry, started with Meghan facing away from the camera as her hair flowed in the wind.
She then wrote ‘2025’ in the sand, before turning and grinning at the camera before running away.
The post immediately caught the attention of tens of thousands of people and caused a huge uproar online.
The Duchess of Sussex quickly removed the comments from the video, but the move was met with strong reactions from other social media users.
One person is branded a ‘coward’ for taking them out, while others praised her.
“Meghan Markle is still a coward. [She] Comments disabled,” one woman snapped on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Meghan Markle is back on social media, but her first post has already sparked controversy as fans are divided over her decision to immediately disable comments on her first post
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, made her dramatic return to Instagram on Wednesday morning, uploading a short clip showing her frolicking on the beach in an all-white ensemble
She then wrote ‘2025’ in the sand, before turning and grinning at the camera before running away
‘A narcissist always turns off the comments. A girl has to stay relevant,” said another user.
Someone else responded to a post hoping Meghan could “connect with fans” through her account.
‘Make contact with fans? She turned off the comments,” they wrote sarcastically with some laughing emojis.
However, others were in favor of her taking them out.
“Thank goodness she keeps comments off,” said one user, while another person agreed, “I’m glad she turned off those comments for your peace of mind.”
“Good for Meghan for turning off the comments on her IG. She doesn’t need the toxicity of crazy people,” someone else agreed.
The mum-of-two, who has wiped all social media after marrying Prince Harry in 2018, simply captioned the short clip ‘@meghan.’
‘Madam. Markle is grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years, but having not used them for some time she has made the decision to close them,” a Kensington Palace source said when she announced in 2018 quit social media for the first time. .
The Duchess of Sussex quickly removed the comments from the video, but the move was met with strong reactions from other social media users
Meghan’s post immediately caught the attention of tens of thousands of people and caused a huge uproar online
In 2020, after moving to America, Meghan and Harry stopped posting on their Sussex Royal Instagram and Twitter accounts.
The royal couple have often spoken out about the abuse they have suffered online, despite continuing to use online media to promote their “progressive” new roles in the US – most recently via a podcast on Spotify.
Following her new video, tens of thousands of people followed it within minutes, growing the account from 115,000 fans to nearly 400,000 at the time of publication.
The profile has long been rumored to be hers after the account was created in June 2022, but there have been no reports until now.
In addition to her initial post, the @meghan account also updated its profile photo to a black and white photo of Meghan smiling and wearing an elegant white dress.