If I was any kind of celebrity or any kind of influencer/hustler, I would choose to cash in on Instagram spon-con constantly. Like, be for real – if someone offered you $500K to tell your followers to drink some tummy tea or wear a certain label, you totally would. I totally would. The truly elite can name their price when it comes to Instagram sponsored-content and I would really love to know what kind of money, say, Serena Williams makes for shilling beer or travel companies or what have you. Anyway, the Mail on Sunday is all abuzz yet again with the claim that the Duchess of Sussex will officially rejoin Instagram. Supposedly, it’s happening in the next week or two. The Mail also says that Meghan will soon cash in with spon-con.
Meghan is reportedly getting ready to ‘re-launch’ herself on Instagram and experts predict she could make a million dollars per post. The duchess, whose last account with husband Prince Harry, @sussexroyal, had 9.4 million followers before it was deactivated in 2020 when the couple quit being senior Royals, is said to be behind a new account named @meghan.
Decorated with a picture of pink peonies, reportedly Meghan’s favourite flowers, a source close to her team this week confirmed: ‘Yes, that’s her. Expect an announcement very soon. She’s coming back.’
The account is already followed by several of Meghan’s friends including activist Mandana Dayani, who served as president of Archewell, the Sussexes’ media and philanthropic company, until last December.
A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Everyone in Hollywood is talking about the re-launch being imminent. Meghan has never made any secret of the fact she wants to return to Instagram.’
The duchess’s ‘new’ account already has 76,000 followers and experts say it could prove a huge boost to her finances. Eric Schiffer, a social media expert who advises the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars, ex-Disney actress Bella Thorne and cast members from the US version of Dragons’ Den, said: ‘I don’t think Meghan coming back to Instagram will surprise anyone. She has a new talent manager and this is the next logical step. I would expect her to quickly become one of the most followed accounts on Instagram. You have celebrities like the Kardashians who can command $1million (£790,000) and up for a single post promoting a product. There is no reason Meghan couldn’t be earning those sorts of fees.
‘She has to be careful, as a duchess, to avoid being seen to be hawking every product under the sun. She will align with quality brands and companies that are on point with her political and social beliefs.’
You can see the @meghan profile here (there’s nothing up but the peonies). I mean, maybe that is her. The fact that Mandana Dayani is already following the account feels notable too, like maybe it really is Meghan. Anyway, I truly hope she comes back to Instagram and I hope she and Harry update their communications strategy. If this is the first step towards that, hurray! As for the payday… like, Meghan has already left so much money on the table. She could have “cashed in” in a million different ways already. I suspect that if and when she returns to IG, it will be to push charities and the work of Archewell, not tummy teas and anxiety stickers. (Update: omg, you guys are right, those are NOT peonies!!)
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Wait, I thought Hollywood was shunning them and that they’re pariahs, lol. Now everyone in Hollywood is waiting with to see and she could be the most followed person on Instagram. The Mail and media need content badly but hate the fact they don’t have access to her. It’s funny have they want to fail but they won’t because they won’t stop stalking and obsessing over them.
If she does, the tabloids will comment and publish multiple stories on every single post, driving a huge volumes of views even if they take a negative spin. I’d love for Madame Duchess to be making money off their obsession as opposed to just being the subject being disparaged by dozens of nonsense articles a week.
I’m honestly torn about a potential Instagram page. She should live her life and enjoy social media again but you have an obsessed group of people and a whole media literally oceans away who need content and will attack her for every post. She’s done a good job of slowly diminishing the Meghan hate market but it’s just annoying. I’m annoyed and I can only imagine how she feels.
Brit- I understand your thoughts here for sure, but maybe she feels like they obsess over every little thing she does anyway, why not use that to her advantage and make money or increase awareness for her charitable causes?
@ Slush, I am in agreement with @ Brit. IF Meghan decides to relaunch her IG account the deranged will become more deranged and they will post 25 stories of hate from every SINGLE post!!! This would do nothing but to ramp up the hate campaign that they love and live for!! These bottom dwellers will fall into a coma to finally have access to Meghan, again.
As much as I adore and love Meghan, I can’t help but feel sickened by what those on Salty Island of Petty will do. IF, and that’s a BIG if, M does relaunch her IG account that Meghan focuses on charities and supporting those across the globe that need exposure and support or help.
^^ Meg’s original IG account (well before SussexRoyal) was absolutely wonderful. I loved it because it revealed a lot about her positive, forward-thinking, glass half-full personality. She was a busy young go-getter who loved her dogs (#adoptdontshop), and having fun with her friends. She posted bouquets of peonies, and shots inside & outside of her now famous flat in Toronto. She enjoyed sharing lots of inspirational quotes, her book collection, her shoe collection, fab and casual dates with her bestie, Markus Anderson, fun times with her makeup artists, hairstylists, Suits castmates, Hallmark movie castmates, chilling with Guy & Bogart, etc.
Meg was generous in her sharing, yet also selectively discreet. It was a delightful and charming account to scroll through. When Harry first took a peek at Meg’s account after meeting her through an IG friend, he
must have felt like he’d discovered heaven on earth! Too bad there are only obscure screen shots remaining from Meg’s original account.
I wouldn’t worry too much about the derangers already lined up to pounce. Gosh, there are now 96.2K followers (some surely derangers) on a completely empty account. It could just be a prank someone is pulling, for all we know. I wouldn’t sign up until there’s confirmation that it’s actually our Meg. If she does launch a new IG, surely it will be tightly monitored, and all the trolls will be blocked, and comments will be exclusively limited.
@Aftershocks, just in case you happen to see this comment, could you direct me to wherever the remaining photos from Meghan’s IG are archived? I’d love to look at them. Thank you!
@Lorelei, I just now see your message. There used to be two YouTube videos containing screenshots of Meg’s original IG, as it existed right before she closed the account. She had stopped posting by late 2016, but she’d left up her original IG till early 2018. She had closed her Tig blog in early 2017. The videos of IG screenshots were unfortunately taken down from YouTube. It’s really sad because Meg’s original IG revealed the truth about who she is and the wonderful life and friends she had pre-Harry.
As we know, it was probably courtiers’ and KP’s influence that led to Meg closing her social media accounts. Plus, the toxic tabloids were mining the Tig to write their non-stop nonsense. You can find archived information and old Tig articles on some Meghan fan websites, such as Meghan’s Mirror. Or, you can try to access Tig articles via The Wayback Machine on the Internet.
The only thing you’ll be able to find from Meg’s old Instagram are screenshots in online articles. You have to search under topics such as ‘Meghan Markle beauty and style; Meghan Markle interior design secrets; Meghan Markle’s friend, Markus Anderson; Meghan Markle’s dogs, Guy & Bogart; Meghan Markle’s old Instagram,’ etc. And hope some of the old screen shots show up in articles that you find. Image searches may also retrieve some of Meg’s old IG screenshots.
The YouTube videos of Meg’s entire IG, in screenshots (fast and slow mode) on YouTube, were a real find. But with the derangers and their negativity, that’s likely why those videos were taken down. Or else, they were removed due to copyright concerns.
I don’t think that it’s her account. It looks more like a coordinated action from RRs/UK rag reporters; they could have created this account (The Fail is more likely the one to have opened it) so that they can write endless klickbait stories about the account and criticize Meghan.
It’s been going on for months now. Camilla T from The Torygraph for instance, wrote a piece about it mounts ago.
I have already followed it.
So far 106,000 people have signed up. It’s growing by the minute.
I don’t know. Maybe I’ll finally join Instagram, lol. And the girl has great taste: peonies are my favorite flower too. They look like swan feathers.
Those flowers on the @meghan profile don’t look like peonies. Maybe it’s not her.
Just clicked the link. You’re right. Those aren’t peonies at all. Could be her, maybe it’s not. Either way, I doubt the Fail has any insight or scoop into what she’s doing, thinking, planning, stanning, nada.
You’re right, the flowers look like dahlias. Oh, Daily Fail, you can’t get anything right.
Yep. The flowers are definitely dahlias.
Yup! Peonies have rounded petals. Dahlias have pointed petals like that.
Definitely dahlias. Peonies resemble very full English style roses.
Isn’t there a brief moment in the H&M doc where Meghan appears to be in the garden at sunset, remarks about the kids being asleep, and is holding some cut flowers? Were those peonies? Maybe that’s where the “reportedly” her favorite flowers is from.
I dunno, do we think she would call her IG meghan, or would the name be more creative or subject specific? And even though it would be great to have some kind of regular communication, be it via an Insta site or Archewell newsletter, don’t know that she’d start it now, when the IG documentary is set to drop on Netflix, and the games to begin shortly after.
Co-signing: Def NOT peonies; look like dahlias. Yet another timely reminder that these people who write such claptrap aren’t at all interested in getting ANY of the details right. Inaccuracy is their specialty— along with outright lies. Grmmph.
100% dhalias https://www.dutchgrown.com/blogs/the-dutchgrown-blog/growing-guide-how-to-grow-dahlias
I’m no horticulturist, but those flowers definitely look like dahlias to me. Did I follow the account just in case? Yes. Yes I did.
@ Blithe, well said!!
@Sure (and everyone else!), I am so glad that other people noticed this because I clicked on the profile before reading any of the comments here, and I was like…I really don’t think those are peonies? but just assumed I was wrong. So I’m happy to know that I do in fact know what a peony looks like, lol.
Btw that particular photo is a super popular stock photo of “pink flowers” — I’ve seen it like a million times on people’s profiles over the years, and imo Meghan would use a more creative photo if this is actually her.
@Windyriver, it was well-documented before the Netflix documentary that Meg loves peonies. And, as others have indicated, the flowers pictured are definitely not peonies.
@Windyriver: “Isn’t there a brief moment in the H&M doc where Meghan appears to be in the garden at sunset, remarks about the kids being asleep, and is holding some cut flowers? Were those peonies? Maybe that’s where the ‘reportedly’ her favorite flowers is from.”
Yes, I remember that scene in the H&M documentary. I believe it was peonies Meg was holding, as the sun set on the grounds of their gorgeous Montecito estate. However, well before Harry, it was widely known that Meg loves peonies. She spoke about her fave flowers on her former Tig blog, and on her long ago Instagram account, which she started sometime after she landed the ‘Rachel’ role in Suits.
From the beginning, Meg was a wonderful IG curator. I truly miss her original account. I’d love to see her return to the platform. IG has evolved into a creative and inspirational social media meeting place/ marketplace.
Came here to say that, not peonies… but dahlias. Perhaps big dahlia has got a new social media director!
Well I am following… just in case. So excited to see this, and I agree with you they really need to improve their communication strategy. Hopefully this is the first step. I wonder if it will launch just before Invictus?
Anyone who knows anything abt H&M and also know anything abt media/communication/PR/publicity, would know that there’s no way on god’s green earth that M would launch any project on the eve of Invictus.
Therell be zip, zilch, nada, nothing, before, during or immediately after her husband’ big global event.
Heart of Invictus opens on Netflix Aug 30…….3 days from now. The USO is hvng a special, by-invitation-only screening tmrw night, Aug 28 in San Diego and I hv a sneaky feeling the Sussexes will be there; H will be with Wellchild in London on Sept 7; then to Germany for IG Opening Ceremony on Sept 9.
The Invictus Games are Sept 9-16 and M must still be busy with the final touches on her feature production for the Games Closing Ceremony on the 16th. And BTW, H’s birthday is the 15th and I strongly believe his entire nuclear family and some of their inner circle will be there to celebrate it with him.
So why would M, who everyone knows is a loving, supportive, loud-and-proud-of-her-husband kind of wife, launch any project of her own during this period?
Only the sick twisted freaks on Shidthole island and their satellite pockets of shidt in other places.
🙌 Well said!!
@Kingston: You’re right. She’s not relaunching anything this week or next week with the new docuseries coming out this week and the anniversary of the Queen’s death, the Wellchild Awards and IG starting next week. If anything is going to happen and I have my doubts about this, it will be Archewell opening an account.
Well, one reason to do it now-ish could be to bring even more attention to Invictus. Meghan’s potential audience likely includes lots of people who don’t even know about the Invictus games. IF she launches something like this, it could very much be cooperative, supportive, and expansive. Really, the BRF is the only one I know of that seems to view two family members doing good things during a particular time period as somehow being a hostile act. Most of us are capable of celebrating multiple things simultaneously — and even adapting multiple celebrations to bring more joy, more pride, and even more unity to everyone involved.
I don’t know — or care — one way or another. I’m just standing up for the idea that complementary timing could be a win-win.
Yeah, Im like @blythe. I figured if she relaunched during invictus games it would be to spotlight the athletes and the games.
I will believe it when Megan announces it. I wouldn’t trust the DM to tell me the time, but if Megan does return to Instagram, I hope she has some filters because we all know the sort of deranged comments that could appear. But if its Megan, keen will have willy’s credit card in her sweaty little hand waiting to BUY, BUY, BUY
This is Harry and Meghan we’re talking about. Meghan doesn’t need to worry about bringing more attention to the games via an Instagram site. The BM will do all that publicity for her. The media must already be salivating at the thought of having a full week of appearances by one or both of them to write about, not to mention a multiple part Netflix series to comment on. Since facts never get in the way of whatever they say or publish (see: Richard Fitzwilliams, etc), bet the various “experts” have been stockpiling potential articles for weeks.
As always, Kingston, you are right on the money. This is just a ploy by the DM in an attempt to bring Meghan out. How dumb do those morons have to be, anyone with a brain should be able to see through their crap. I know many of you want Meghan to be back on social media but I think she knows that’s not the answer. I left socisl media about 8 years ago and it was the best move I’ve made. IG doesn’t need more advertising. Netflix will take care of it because it will be a blockbuster. I trust Harry and Meghan to make wise and safe decisions. And I also say f**k the media and the BRF. Who needs them and their foul lies?
Those aren’t peonies in the picture, they are dahlias.
Yes, I went to have a look and like you thought is this Meghan because they sure aren’t peonies 😁. Of course it may be a teaser!
Please have comments turned off.
BTS have their comments turned off and that keeps all the Asian haters raging.
I hope she does the same so people can do nothing more but leave a like😀
When it’s confirmed it’s her, I will follow.
Comments turned off, DMs closed and every other security measure Instagram has is the only way to go.
Everything you said Flowerlake and Snuffles, except the comments turned off part. Like Vanessa Bryant, she should only allow comments from people she follows (and I hope she replies to the comments they leave). It would make them seethe more.
Yep comments off and inability to DM. Because the comment section will just become a dumpster fire of supporters and haters fighting distracting from the post itself. And you know the DM would be mining the comments for stories using ” sources close to” for the things they make up, or if someone says something saucy about the royals it’ll be Meghan fans SLAM royal family and she leaves it up, discounting all the horrible things they let people say on social media about the Sussexes to this day.
Comments completely off will just get her attacked for trying to control everything, limiting free speech and comparisons will be made to the BaRF. Limit the comments to people she follows and disable all forms of tagging, whether in comments, DMs, stories etc from everyone else. That way she has access to the people she cares about and vice versa and no one outside her circle can get in.
@wigletofwails I mean let’s be real she’s going to be attacked either way if she comes back to social media. If not allowing anyone to comment soothes the transition for her I’m all for it. Maybe ( if this is even her) after a while she slowly integrates to allowing friends and trusted followers to post. The freedom of speech argument falls immediately flat on it’s face because no one is obligated to be able to post on a private citizens social media page it’s not the Instagram page of POTUS. People that make that argument are already doing it in bad faith so you’ll never do anything right in their eyes.
LMAO
@TheWigletOfWails
Oh no. Oh no.
Oh no no no no no…….not the “free speech” fallacy again!!!!!
Gentle Reminder: it’s only the government (in Democracies) that has a legal obligation NOT to interfere with or retaliate against its citizens’ right to freedom of speech and the expression of their opinions, and etc.
Every other citizen in a free society has the RIGHT to ignore or otherwise not tolerate or facilitate your right to your freedom of speech and expression of your opinions, and etc.
@ TheWigletOfWails, that’s actually a good idea!!!
Meghan has very dedicated friends and even a dedicated ex-husband that all protect her and her beautiful family!!
The comments section of any of the British media’s posts are where these people go to cry and rage. I think she should leave the comments open, because it’s really fucking clear which comments are meant in earnest, and which comments are deranged people, spitting into the wind.
Let them all have their extinction burst.
Bullyiam and Kate’s bot budget is ready to take action. The Duchess of Sussex team needs to be prepared.
Besides, I hope the Sussexes release family pics the days Willy the Environmentalist uselessly lands in New York – just to welcome his fixated stalking ass.
I don’t think that @WigletofWails was actually saying the “free speech” argument was valid, she was just pointing out (correctly) that that’s what a lot of the idiotic, demented people who hate M will CLAIM.
Obviously I’m not her and could be wrong, but that’s how I read her comment. She was only predicting what the usual morons will scream about, and she’s right, since they’re stupid and they do always screech about free speech when it does not apply to whatever they’re bitching about because they don’t understand what it actually means. IMO.
Agreed – if it’s Meghan, please turn off the comments.
I was thinking the same thing and I too will follow her when/if its confirmed it’s actually her
The Fail wants Meghan back on Instagram so they can have content to twist and gripe about. Its a double edged sword, the tabloids are dying and I hate to see anything that will give them life again. On the other hand, people will be able to go to Meghan’s Instagram and read for themselves what’s going on, if they care to. No need for “inside sources”.
And their hateful asses will drive traffic to it, then haters and fans alike will proceed to buy everything in every post.
Get that bag, Meghan!
I mean, I would LOVE it if Meghan returns to Instagram. She did say she was considering it in her The Cut interview. That said, the DM is just guessing.
Interesting that her handle is just Meghan. That indicates to me that this will launch her own personal brand separate from Archewell (by the way, Archewell needs its own damn account as well).
I’m curious how she would use it. Because any spon con needs is legally required to be marked as an advertisement.
IF this happens, it will probably drop after the Invictus Games.
I think Archewell not having its own Instagram was a big, big miss. People are really unaware of all the work they do because the media hardly reports positive stories about the Sussexes. It would have made the “they are only doing projects to make money” narrative less sticky.
And I agree with everything else you said. I think the soonest we will see a launch is a week or two post-Invictus.
I followed on IG. I checked out the df comments yesterday, 1.4K and ALL derangers said either ‘no one cares!’, ‘no one is talking about her’ or ‘I thought she wants privacy’. Lol, they still think commenting about privacy is clever going on 3 years. Apparent derangers don’t understand the irony of constantly commenting ‘no one cares’ means you cAre deeply.
@Lizzie I swear to god I’m so sick and tired of the disingenuous “But they wanted pRiVaCy!!!” nonsense. First of all, they never even said that, and even if they did, these halfwits do not understand what privacy actually means. I still see it cited somewhere every damn day and it’s so stupid and exhausting.
Good for her! All that security can’t be cheap and she and Harry are paying their own bills.
Right? She could do one sponsored post a month and within a year prob have security costs covered.
Yeah, obviously I have no idea if this story is true or not, but I totally agree with you guys. It’s an unbelievably easy way to make money, so why on earth shouldn’t she take advantage of it?! We know she enjoyed Instagram, and while it will certainly be a…different experience this time around, why shouldn’t she go for it? We know that she would never shill for the kind of garbage that the Kardashians and their ilk do; I’m sure she’d be extremely cautious and do her due diligence before attaching her name to any product or company.
I definitely see the argument that anyone she does promote will be mercilessly attacked, but they probably wouldn’t care too much if millions of people are now buying their stuff because M posted about it; they’d be too busy rolling around in the money that’s pouring in, Scrooge McDuck-style.
And she might not even do spon-con at all; that’s just the Fail’s speculation. Considering what she’s had to endure, I hope that she *does* take advantage of her fame to make a ton of money, but she would never promote anything tacky or a product that makes dubious claims (we know for a fact that she was not paid for that little wrist disc thingy).
She’s been tortured to the brink of death and it would make her haters INSANE to know she was making a million dollars every time she posted something on IG, so I hope she does it, even if only purely out of spite! Because I’m petty like that : )
Well it could be her handle but it doesn’t mean she’ll post. @meghan would have been snapped up in the beginning of insta and it’s not a verified account. But Hollywood cares? Wasn’t Hollywood ignoring her? I know they think Meghan lives in Hollywood and is desperate to be part of something in their collective delusions but that line is silly even for them. Glad they mentioned kardashians though as that’s their go to comparison. The Ks work, unlike garbage royals in England.
Irs something they mentioned the k’s. Megan mom doria was just spotted with Kim kardashian and Kris jenner hugging at an event.
@tree
Are you ARMY? I see the 7 in your name.
Yeah, I saw Doria posing with Kris and Kim at that charity even (along with a bunch of other people). Kim looked ECSTATIC 😂. It will be interesting if they find a way to weasel their way into a connection with Meghan and Harry. Not that I’m rooting for it but I wouldn’t count them out either.
The FAIL said they they were looking like pals and “embracing,” but Doria was literally just standing there, posing for a photo.
@Snuffles is right— Kim was clinging to Doria, but Doria was for sure not “hugging” either one of them.
They’re trying so hard to get her back on there coz they’re out of new and fresh Meghan content. I hope she’s the one and I hope she makes a killing off it. But if they think they’re going to get pics of the kid they have another thing coming. Kerry Washington is very active on social media and we’ve never seen a picture of her kids anywhere. Meghan will probably do the same.
I would be shocked if that was her but please launch an archewell page! Show us all the cool stuff you do. If the tabloids are going to talk about them constantly make them cover all the charitable impacts!!
Yes, exactly. Like Meghan said, if you’re going to obsessively follow us then we’ll show you what we’re following.
The daily fail? I don’t believe the daily fail. Maybe someone is starting an instagram to see what happens but who?
If she did get back on insta, it would be cool if her first post was from the invictus games.
Can you imagine? Every tabloid will appoint a personal IG stalker to this account. Every royal hack will spend hours each day trawling through Meghan’s account. Like a blind spider who thinks he’s trapped a fly, they will pounce on anything and everything, ro spin a negative, poisonous story. Had an important breakfast meeting ? ”Oh, get her! She would rather have breakfast with business colleagues than with her own children…!” And blah blah blah….
So, popcorn and wine? Anything else?
Is pot legal yet where you live, AnnaKist?
@Annakist, they pretty much do this anyway— they manage to find a way to attack her on a daily basis even when she hasn’t been seen or spoken a word in weeks or months. So why shouldn’t she at least make some money while they’re at it?
The Fail currently has a huge story about how the hotel where her baby shower was held has a rat problem, and I’m sure they’ll find a way to somehow blame it on her. It was actually hysterical; they had a photographer go in and literally crawl around on the floor of the restaurant (😂) looking for some sort of spot that they then claimed (in a super blurry photo) were “rat droppings.”
That baby shower was years ago, and it isn’t even as if Meghan picked the location, plus tons of other celebrities also go to the Mark, yet here they are, in 2023, using this story with the MOST tenuous link to M to try and make it about her.
She should at least make some money for enduring this nonstop BS.
The Fail, failing again.
Bigly.
One of the pics they used for their lame piece of hogwash said it was showing Meghan and Mandana Dayani, when it’s really a pic of Meghan and Janina Gavankar. But hey, all those pesky WoCs always look the same anyways.
But it proves their level of research, just putting something together to stoke the flames, accuracy or principles of journalistic integrity be damned.
And a few months ago the same press were reporting that the Tig was relaunching in two weeks. Where’s the Tig? This is the DM replacing the Tig with Instagram. Who’s the insider that’s talking to DM after what they did to Meghan?
Okay this is complete fantasy but I wish that Meghan and Harry would return to social media but (here’s the fantasy part) only her admirers and supporters would be able to see the posts, like instagram would know who’s pure of heart and only those would be allowed access.
Here’s something that I genuinely don’t understand…I see posts, photos and articles about Kate (whom I can’t stand) and I just scroll past, without giving it one bit of my attention. I absolutely do not search out articles about Kate or William, I don’t follow any of their social media because why would I give someone/something I don’t like any of my attention? So, why, why do people who dislike M&H obsessively follow their every move, scan the internet for any mention of them and actively create content about people they claim to hate?? Are they really enjoying the feeling of hatred? How can that darkness make them feel good? I truly don’t get it.
Because their lives are empty. I’m not saying that to be glib or to dismiss people, there’s something lacking there that gives them pleasure in things that make them happy. So they seek out groups, people, activities that they think are unfair and they get that pleasure from trying to tear down what they see as unworthy. It’s sad, although I don’t feel much sympathy for them because they spend a lot of time absolutely terrorizing people, but if they were truly happy people like you said they wouldn’t focus on things that they don’t care about.
Because William pays them to. 🤣
@ScoobyGang 😂
‘Yes, that’s her. Expect an announcement very soon. She’s coming back.’
Does this sound like a spokesperson for Meghan? It does sound like a tacky Daily Mail rat though.
Here I thought English people really knew their flowers! No self-respecting garden enthusiast would mistake a Dahlia for a Peony. At least not someone from a temperate zone…
I would love it if she returned to social media on her own terms. I’m not familiar with Instagram but apparently you can opt to only allow people you follow to comment? That seems like a good option. I would follow that account in a heartbeat.
That said, I don’t think that’s her account? I guess we will see.
For the record I have nothing against Dahlias. They’re gorgeous too. But supposedly Peonies are her favorite (they’re my mother’s too) and she definitely knows the difference.
Yes, I remember one of the photos that was publicized when it was first suspected that she was dating Harry was of an enormous, absolutely *gorgeous* bouquet of pink peonies that she posted to IG. And I think there have been some photos of her walking home carrying peonies after buying them somewhere.
Dahlias are fine, but I also prefer peonies, and those are NOT peonies on that IG profile! The Fail gets even the stupidest details wrong.
I’m happy enough following her as she is now – just the occasional announcement of a project or charity. But it would be nice to get more info into what Archewell is doing.
I don’t know if that’s her but I followed the account anyway last week lol.
@Becks, I’m not on IG, but if I was, I’d do the same thing, “just in case,” lol.
I have no idea if she’d go back or not, and hopefully if she ever does it’s because she wants, but what I’m sure about is that the Fail has no idea either. Although it’d be funny if that account was really her and she was squatting on the username and never used it. The British trash tabloids could incorporate to their regular bs articles about Meghan on about how she’s any minute now launching her instagram.
If she went back to instagram I think she should limit comments or moderate them in a way that only approved ones show up (if that’s possible with IG). But honestly, I think she might already be on instagram with a private account which is probably the best thing for her mental health.
Madame Duchess would be a great handle.
However many followers W&K have will magically rise to beat any account by Meghan or Archewell.
Do control the comments, absolutely. Don’t open the door for hate and slander.
If M joins they’ll definitely buy bots to make sure their follower count is always higher.
@S808, they definitely would, but they would also know deep down what losers they are that they have to pay for fake-ass “followers” while Meghan effortlessly attracts them 🥰
Aren’t tummy teas laxatives for people to lose weight? Pushing eating disorder behavior is messed up
WTF? Tummy teas include stuff like chamomile or ginger or lemon which are soothing to upset stomachs. For the love of God(dess)…nobody’s pushing laxatives or eating disorder behaviour.
@Jaded What Meg said has been my understanding of most IG ‘tummy teas’ as well… marketed to help “detox” or “reduce bloating” or “lose weight by ‘improving’ digestion” type fakery. Or at least, those are the ones I routine saw before I left IG. They are absolutely promoting ED adjacent behavior. There was a whole big brouhaha about it a couple of years ago, and IIRC that’s what finally helped push IG into down some rules involving spon-con posts. I also believe IG started banning some – but not all – of the ‘tummy tea’/’detox’ posts around that time.
And to answer Kaiser – no, I wouldn’t do even one spon-con post, even for 500K, which is multitudes above my annual salary. I’ve absolutely hated them for years, and it’s only helped slightly by the rules that now someone is required to tell you it’s spon-con.
@LynnInTx — I’m not on IG or TikTok or any of these influencer-type websites so I had no idea this is what’s being touted. That being said, to jump to the conclusion that Meghan would push ED tea quackery is just silly. (BTW, Meg’s posted some thinly veiled anti-Meghan stuff here before).
@Meg, what difference does it make what they are, because Meghan HAS NOT promoted any, and almost certainly never would??
@Lorelei — I think we can safely assume that Meg is not a Sussex fan.
Deranged too, judging by the online name they choose to go by.
I’ll believe it when l see it or when her spokesperson announces it.
Does anyone remember what Meghan’s old handle was on instagram?
I think her original IG handle was simply MeghanMarkle.
If it is her I bet it’s going to be for charity work and bringing awareness only. She’s not suddenly going to start dropping photos & videos from her daily life. Aside from anything else it would be a security risk (even if she held them back for a period she doesn’t want any details out that might allow people to track them).
Haha, the sewer rats are always listening to the squard’s space on X (formerly Twitter). Sometimes, the squard deliberately give out incorrect info, and next thing you know, it is being reported by the rodents
Am I losing my mind? Isn’t this the same story that was floated maybe a year ago, even the not-peonies peonies being used as definitive proof? It seems about as true now as it did then – as in not true at all.
@Dara I remember this too, so if you are losing your mind, so am I. I felt the exact same about the ‘throwing cushions’ story about W&K too.
@Dara, I feel like the story is floated weekly! If it was only a year ago, then I’m going to feel crazy because it seems to me that they never STFU about the possibility of M returning to IG.
Please keep in mind that I have quite a naught, mmm, maybe sarcastic at times sence of humour, BUT, if it is our Megan, I would love to have the page open with a song, in fact, I would love it to open with Bjorks song, it would start “it’s oh so quiet shush shush it’s oh so still shush shush, your all alone and so peaceful until, THEN boom boom, then there’s Megan with a great big grin, as if she’s telling the British media to eat sht
wow, genius. I can picture it, our girl triumphing over the salty media morons, she deserves it. I wish Kaiser recommended more products on the Amazon posts by the way, I am a fan of her taste.
Mary Pester, LOL.
I suspect it is her or her team has acquired the username and is sitting on it so it can’t be used by anyone else. I won’t be following until something is actually posted/it’s confirmed by her team to be her. I would like to see her return honestly, not in a personal capacity but as a way to post her work/endorsements. And an account being opened for Archewell too! I loved the Sussex Royal account and thought it was managed very well. I still follow it lol!
@ s808, that’s an excellent assessment. That sounds perfectly reasonable as they could secure her name for the foreseeable future.
This is my best guess too.
Don’t “lol” at the fact that you still follow it because, apparently, so does Kate and the Wales media people when they need ideas.
I went ahead and followed it, just in case! I suspect she might do some product shilling, but will also promote their causes. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
Thr Fail is so desperate for Meghan to be back on social so they mine her life for stories and abuse. The spon con angle is just to once again show their fear and disdain of her earning money. I’ve looked at this account and the numbers keep increasing, more prominent names are following it, as are a lot of anti-Meghan royalist obsessives. If this is her account, I hope she does nothing with it anytime soon, just have the best and worst of humanity continue to park there on that page. Then make a documentary about it or conceptual art.
Also if it even is her page, the Sussex focus this month and next is Invictus and Heart of Invictus. Nothing will happen until then.They’re both busy preparing and doubt they’d have this be a distraction.
The Daily Fail is announcing this? I don’t believe it. If or when Meghan decides to do this, it will be announced by her. I just don’t see her getting on any social media that doesn’t allow here to block users. On Spoutible when you block, it also blocks any of your followers’ spouts (posts) from being seen by the blocked. I suspect the rrs would be lurking all of the time. I don’t know, but I don’t believe it.
The Daily Fail is at it again. They have no info on the Sussexes so just make stuff up. The Fail is putting this out because they are pissed Meghan isn’t coming to the UK, want another distraction article to accuse her of trying to pull focus from Invictus and not supporting Harry, even though she is busy preparing for the games too, and are obsessed with her and want to stalk her. They so desperately want engagement with her, even through a phantom
instagram page.
Coming from DM, I don’t believe it either. They have a repeated history of writing crap about HM, even goes back to Harry before he met Meghan. They still can’t shut the F$&ck up about HM. And their brainwashed readers are so dumb to realize it or won’t admit it. The fact they said they don’t care in the DM Comments section, well they took a few mins of their life to read the article and comment so that means they do care. Who are they kidding 🙄.
No one knows if Meghan will ever reopen an Instagram account except them and their trusted advisors/friends/family. And it frustrates the tabloids they literally have no new content or leaks from HM. But they desperately need digital traffic to their site.
She said she wasn’t going back, this is just bait because they have nothing.
https://www.landuum.com/en/history-and-culture/dahlia-the-representative-flower-of-mexico/#:~:text=Among%20its%20representations%20is%20the,National%20Day%20of%20the%20Dahlia.
In the second paragraph, the Mexican Day of the Dahlia is mentioned. August 4, Meghan’s birthday. Probably why dahlias were chosen as opposed to peonies. I’m not sure this is Duchess Meghan yet.
I already heard about this account possibly being Meghan and I can’t remember who on twitter I heard it from. Nonetheless, I made an IG account and followed it lol. If its not her then ill unfollow later.
OMG is the strategy of the BP to just find a rando, any rando, and ask them about H&M? Because who even is this social media person and why should anyone give him the time and space to talk about Meghan? Does he know her? Work with her? The answer appears to be no, so why is he being interviewed and qouted in an article. I know it’s a tabloid but damn, the journalism bar is in hell in the UK. Smdh.
That account is 100% Meghan. Several of her friends follow it, including one of the women she was photographed with for her birthday, the former Archewell president, and Malala is now following too. I’m excited 🙂
Pretty sure Meghan wearing the NuCalm disc was a soft launch of her sponcon activity, to assess reach and prove profitability. There were even news stories printed afterwards about how much sales increased.
I remember Katie Holmes doing it a lot… getting conveniently photographed with certain items and clothes.
The tell is photographs made to look like they were taken sneakily from a distance yet extremely high quality. But also how staged everything is to highlight the product 😆
@Olivia, the founder (or CEO, or whatever) made a statement that Meghan was not paid to wear the disc a few days after she was spotted wearing it.
TBO, I don’t think that it’s her account. This would be a floppy approach, not Meggan-like.
My theory: It looks more like a coordinated (bullying/petty) action from RRs/UK rag reporters after she said in her The Cut interview that she possible would return to IG; they could have created this account (The Fail is more likely the one to have opened it) so that they can write endless klickbait stories ABOUT the account to criticize Meghan.
It’s been going on for months, maybe a year now. Camilla T from The Torygraph for instance, wrote a piece about it mounts ago.
I’m sure I’m missing the point but I think it’s a pink dahlia, not a peony, on the profile pic.