It was on March 30, 2020, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle bid goodbye to their Sussex Royal Instagram account which boasted of 10 million followers.
08.01.2021 - 16:45 / evoke.ie
Has it really only been a year since Meghan and Harry changed the course of the royal family forever?
In a year of so much upheaval, the couple’s decision to quit royal life for good rocked the world, and the ongoing aftershock reports of family divide and flashy new ventures continue to keep us all enthralled.
On this day last year, Meghan and Harry announced that they would be stepping back from royal life with an explosive Instagram post, that blindsided the royal family, and the phrase
It was on March 30, 2020, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle bid goodbye to their Sussex Royal Instagram account which boasted of 10 million followers.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seem to go through a lot of friends. After all, over the past 12 months, the couple have made impressive efforts to shrink their inner circles – with Harry in particular cutting official ties with his family, moving away from his UK circle, and battening down the hatches with Meghan and their one-year-old son Archie in their Santa Barbara mansion.
Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' Inauguration Day was not just a monumental moment for themselves, but for their families as well.On Wednesday, 78-year-old Biden and 56-year-old Harris were sworn in as president and vice president respectively, and shared the historic day with their families. Biden paid tribute to his family when he took the oath of office by placing his hand on a Bible that has been in his family since 1893.
It was a small, sweet moment between two history-makers that got major attention on Inauguration Day. Before being sworn in as the nation’s first female, Black, and South Asian president, Kamala Harris stopped to bump fists with former President Barack Obama. The United States’ first Black president gleefully returned the gesture with a huge smile on his face. Though they both wore protective face masks during the inauguration, you can see it in their eyes!
Meghan Markle gained huge sympathy in November when she revealed that she and husband Prince Harry had suffered a tragic miscarriage in July. And while royal expert and author of their biography Finding Freedom, Omid Scobie, believes the couple are content as a family of three with 20-month old son Archie, he can see them expanding their family in the future.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had quite a year. Since their royal exit, the couple has relocated across the Atlantic to North America, where they moved around several times before settling into their forever home in Montecito, California.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have remained away from the spotlight since the Megxit. While the duo has been spotted a couple of times, they have turned the blinds towards the cameras when it comes to their son Archie.
The hard way. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are enjoying the fruits of their labor one year after stepping down as senior members of the royal family, but their path to success has not been easy.
After a year of their exit from the UK and the Royal Family, a friend of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle--Tom Bradby, a journalist who was on the South Africa tour with the Sussexes--recently opened up in an upcoming appearance on ITV’s Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh and reflected on how the Duke and Duchess were doing since their exit as senior royals.
A royal reunion! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will return to the United Kingdom in a few months for the first time since they stepped away from royal duties in March 2020.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly set for their first public reunion with the Royal Family since stepping down from their roles as senior royals last year.The Queen,who received her coronavirus vaccine recently, has reportedly invited Harry, 36, and wife Meghan, 39, to her official birthday parade, the Trooping the Colour, on 12 June this year, which falls two days after Prince Phillip’s 100th birthday.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly quit social media for good.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who recently released their first podcast after a mega "£30million" Spotify deal, are said to have made the decision after an "almost unsurvivable" experience with online trolling. According to The Times, the royal couple will no longer post on any platform and have even abandoned promoting their non-profit Archewell on there.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took a big risk leaving the Royal Family last year, but they don’t regret it whatsoever.
Sometimes, change is a good thing! That is the case for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who had a whirlwind year — and are a better couple because of it.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle haven't been back to the United Kingdom since they completed their final engagements as senior working royals last spring. After their royal exit, the Sussex family relocated to Meghan's home state, California, to start their next chapter and, because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, they haven't been able to visit the rest of the royal family since the big move.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are loving their lives in America.A source close to the couple tells ET that after their shocking royal exit in March and subsequent move to Montecito, California, the two have «no regrets» about their big decision."[They] feel very rewarded from their work," the source says.The source also says that they have no concrete plans on a return to the U.K.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are looking ahead while still remembering where they came from. On Thursday, New Year's Eve, the couple posted on their Archewell website a message for 2021. The post included two photos, one of Harry as a child on his late mom, Princess Diana's, shoulders and another of Meghan as a kid posing with her mother, Doria Ragland. «I am my mother’s son.