Meghan Markle shares first Instagram post in years as she makes shock return

It’s finally the new year, and it seems as though Meghan Markle has decided that 2025 is the year of her social media return.

It has been a long time since the former royal has been active on Instagram following a lengthy break.

Both Prince Harry and Meghan took a break from social media in 2021, having had enough of the onslaught of hate they received after leaving England, according to Elle.

When she first joined under the account @Sussexroyal in April 2019, her account went on to gain more than 1 million followers in just six hours.

However, the account was soon flooded with hatred.

“I’m told that in 2019 I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female,” the duchess said on the podcast Teenager Therapy in October, adding: “What was able to just be manufactured and churned out, it’s almost unsurvivable, that’s so big.

“You can’t think of what that feels like. I don’t care if you’re 15 or 25, if people are saying things about you that aren’t true, what that does to your mental and emotional health is so damaging.“

But now, she’s back with a bang.

After creating an account today on New Year's Day, Meghan posted her first post to @meghan.

It was a touching and personal reel which seemed to have been filmed by Harry. You can see it’s near their home in Montecito and it shows the former Suits actress running across a beach in white jeans and a white shirt.

She then goes onto mark '2025' into the sand with her finger and then run along the beach again. A new year resolution, perhaps?

It seems as though she is giving social media a try again, and it’s refreshing to see.

She had previously said that she had to quit her platforms and it's helpful to her.

"For my own self-preservation, I have not been on social media for a very long time," Meghan told Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit.

"I made a personal choice to not have any account, so I don't know what's out there. And in many ways that's helpful for me."

What’s changed? Who can say, but it’s nice to know that she feels comfortable to be back!

Though it's been a long time coming, as back in 2022, Meghan said in an interview with The Cut: "Do you want to know a secret? I'm getting back… on Instagram."

Better late than never, eh!