The Mysterious Yet Brief Return Of Meghan Markle’s IG Account

by PH December 20, 2018, 8:37 am

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 21: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visits the Hubb Community Kitchen to see how funds raised by the 'Together: Our Community Cookbook' are making a difference at Al Manaar, North Kensington on November 21, 2018 in London, England. Together: Our Community Cookbook features over 50 recipes from women whose community was affected by the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Duchess of Sussex fans were given an early Christmas present when her Instagram account was mysteriously reactivated, but it didn’t last very long.

On Tuesday evening, the IG account the Duchess of Sussex had managed before marrying Prince Harry rebooted for a few hours after being shut down in January this year, Hello! magazine reports.

But before fans could get excited about Meghan breaking another royal protocol the verified account, which boasted 3 million followers, was deactivated with a royal source saying it was merely a technical glitch.

Royal reporter Omid Scobie set the record straight on Twitter by referring to a “system glitch”.

SEE THE TWEET HERE:

For those of you asking, Duchess Meghan is not making a return to Instagram. You can blame a system glitch for her account resurfacing on the app this morning😅 pic.twitter.com/sz3JWbJ0fD
— Omid Scobie (@scobie) December 18, 2018

Meanwhile those who did get a chance to scroll through Meghan’s life on social media before the royals, did notice something different.

A few posts that were there before the account was shut down were no longer there now, E! News reports.

While the last post on the newly reactivated account was a collage of fans who read her now-closed lifestyle blog The Tig – posted in April 2016 – people who followed Meghan prior to the closing of her account claim she posted right up until it was officially announced that she and Harry are a couple in 2017.

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Just spent an hour of my life – at 2am mind you – scrolling through every photo Meghan Markle posted on Instagram before she became a freaking princess. I have zero regrets. Not one. pic.twitter.com/ReSyD21pq3
— Emily Marcus (@EmilyyMarcus) December 18, 2018

MEGHAN MARKLE REACTIVATED HER INSTAGRAM FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES AND I FANGIRLED SO HARD
— Leïla (taylor’s version) 🤍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 (@Leila_EvilRegal) December 18, 2018

I was happy for 10 mins pic.twitter.com/RuxiguMetD
— Mʏ ғᴀɪᴛʜ ɪs ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴍʏ ғᴇᴀʀ ~ Mᴇɢʜᴀɴ Mᴀʀᴋʟᴇ (@MagaliDMathias) December 18, 2018

I spent a great half hour lemme tell you !! I don’t think i ever clicked on the " follow" with more pride and joy 😂😂😂
— amélie (@peytonsrachel) December 18, 2018