Meghan Markle opted for a £910 slip dress and £12,500 necklace in the profile picture 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 children Archie, five, and Lilibet, three.
The mother-of-two is seen beaming in her profile picture wearing the £910 Francine Jersey Maxi Dress in off-white from New York Luxury brand Khaite.
Finishing off her elegant look in the black and white snap was a diamond tennis necklace, that is worth £12,500 from luxury jewellery maker Logan Hollowell.
Meghan previously wore the glamorous jewels at 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 appeared subtle in the stunning picture.
Meanwhile, in the video which was shared on her new account yesterday, the Duchess can be seen walking towards a shoreline at the beach – in a clip that was filmed by Prince Harry.
Looking typically stylish, the mother-of-two opted for a white oversized flowing shirt, which was rolled up at the sleeves.
Meghan Markle looks chic in a £800 white designer maxi dress in her profile picture on her new Instagram account
Complementing her statement shirt, she donned a pair of white skinny jeans that were also rolled up on her leg as she ran through the sand barefoot.
Then, she proceeds to draw the digits of the New Year – 2025 – into the sand, perhaps hinting an upcoming project.
The return to Instagram comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex vowed never to return to social media after claiming to have dealt with an ‘almost unsurvivable’ amount of abuse.
Meghan originally shut down 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 as she has not used them for some time she has taken the decision to close them,’ a Kensington Palace source said at the time.
The mother-of-two is seen beaming in her profile picture wearing the £800 Francine Jersey Maxi Dress in off-white from New York Luxury brand KHaite
Finishing off her elegant look in the black and white snap was a diamond tennis necklace, that is worth £12,500 from luxury jewellery maker Logan Hollowell
Before she met Prince Harry, Meghan had amassed over three million followers on her personal Instagram account.
In August 2023, Meghan’s secret Instagram account was revealed, ahead of a rumoured social media comeback.
According to social media expert Eric Schiffer, the former actress could be set to make millions from her return to social media.
‘I would expect her to quickly become one of the most followed accounts on Instagram,’ he told the Daily Mail.
‘You have celebrities like the Kardashians who can command $1 million and up for a single post promoting a product. There is no reason Meghan couldn’t be earning those sorts of fees,’ he added.
In 2020, Meghan and Harry stopped posting to their Sussex Royal Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Meanwhile, in the video which was shared on her new account yesterday , the Duchess can be seen walking towards a shoreline at the beach – in a clip that was filmed by Prince Harry
Meghan previously wore the glamorous jewels at 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 ‘progressive’ new roles in the US – including most-recently via a podcast on Spotify.
But in 2023 it was revealed that Meghan had set up an Instagram account – although today is the first time she has posted anything on it.
The Duchess secured the account before launching her podcast all the way back in August 2022.
At the time a source said: ‘Meghan was set to go live on Insta, but changed her mind shortly before she launched her “Archetypes” podcast, so it’s just sitting there now.’
In 2023, Meghan revealed how she was eager to make a comeback to social media, telling The Cut: ‘Do you want to know a secret? I’m getting back…on Instagram.’
She had been teasing her return for months, with news that the @meghan handle was hers creating a frenzy of followers despite the account lying empty without a single post.
Experts previously predicted Meghan could rake in $1million (£790,000) per post as ‘an absolute minimum’. They also anticipate that her account launch could see her become one of the top ten highest-paid influencers in the world.
The account was first created in June 2022. It had no bio information and only had a profile picture of pink dahlias.
It is unclear how Meghan was able to get hold of her unique username as Instagram’s guidelines state handles are given on a ‘first-come, first-served basis’. A single-name handle such as @meghan is rare, with most users needing to include surnames and numbers to find handles that haven’t already been taken.
It is also unknown whether the handle was held by a previous user, but celebrities are able to buy an Instagram name.