The Sussexes and the Cambridges have reached a major social media milestone.
BothMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry‘sSussexRoyalInstagram account andKate MiddletonandPrince William‘sKensingtonRoyalpage have surpassed a whopping 11 million followers. As of Wednesday, the Sussexes’ page edged out their relatives with nearly 11,040,000. Kate and William are slightly trailing with around 11,031,000 followers.
While the couples formerly shared one Instagram page, Meghan and Harrylaunched their separate accountin April. The move was a first step to the brothers and their wives creating separate offices. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since made the decision tostep back as senior members of the royal family.
The parents to 8-month-old son Archie shattered records almost immediately. Within the first five hours and 45 minutes of being on the platform, Meghan and Harry hit 1 million followers. The milestoneearned them a spot in the Guinness World Records bookfor the fastest time to reach that follower count, the organization said. (Therecord was brokenin October, whenJennifer Aniston’s newly launched page hit 1 million followers in just five hours and 16 minutes.)
Source: Meghan Markle/Instagram
While Kate never had a personal social media presence, Meghandeleted her Instagram page, Twitter account and blog before marryingPrince Harry.
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“Ms. Markle is grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years,” the source told PEOPLE at the time. “However as she has not used them for some time she has taken the decision to close them.”
Meghan was once an active Instagram and Twitter user, and her number of followers shot through the roof after it was confirmed that she was datingPrince Harryin 2016.
source: people.com
