Meghan Markle's Instagram following has surged by 200,000 after sharing rare footage of her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, on the social media platform. The Duchess of Sussex's follower count jumped from 1.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, surprised many people when she rejoined Instagram on New Year’s Day. The former actress was last active on the social media site several years ago. Here is all we know about Meghan Markle’s return to Instagram.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, announced her return to Instagram on New Year’s Day with a celebratory post on the beach. The former actress Meghan Markle jogged across the sand in an all white outfit with her hair flowing in the wind before writing 2025 in the sand.

The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday that @meghan belongs to the Duchess of Sussex. Her first post is a black and white video of herself at the beach, wearing white and drawing 2025 in the sand on an overcast day. The account already has more than 200,000 followers.

Meghan Markle's ex-best friend is not currently following the Duchess of Sussex on Instagram after their reported "fallout". The Duchess of Sussex's former best friend Jessica Mulroney appears to have snubbed the @meghan Instagram page,

The Duchess of Sussex is "excited" to make her Instagram return after almost five years offline Meghan Markle is back on Instagram for the first time in years, and her comeback is already being embraced by many of her closest friends and supporters,

Instagram has rushed to apologise and correct a glaring error following Meghan Markle's return to Instagram earlier in the New Year. In order to promote her new Netflix show, The Duchess of Sussex had shared her trailer on her social media page but suffered a serious setback after Instagram mistakenly restricted searches for the hashtag #WithLoveMeghan.