Why Meghan Markle Is Not Allowed To Have A Social Media Account, But Princess Eugenie Is

Princess Eugenie is the only member of the British royal family with a personal Instagram account, prompting many people to wonder why she has one, while the other royals are banned from using social media.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Prince Harry up until this point have had their own joint social media accounts that are handled by their PR team behind the scenes at Kensington Palace. Princess Beatrice of York, meanwhile, doesn’t have one at all. So with Princess Eugenie being the only royal with a personal Instagram account, does this mean that she’s breaking an important long-standing rule against social media? Not necessarily.

Even though Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are royals, there are not full-time “working” royals in the same capacity that their cousins Prince William and Prince Harry are. And now that Meghan Markle is an official member of the British royal family, she too is a full-time working royal.

Even though Meghan Markle was an avid social media user, she was supposedly asked to close down her Instagram account along with her personal blog soon after her romance with Prince Harry became public. Meghan had 1.9 million followers on Instagram, 350,000 on Twitter and 800,000 fans on Facebook. The official accounts under @RoyalFamily and @KensingtonRoyal are used to updated fans on the royal family’s public engagements and travel schedule.

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Speaking about her Instagram account, Princess Eugenie has said, “I hope to use this platform to share the causes, passions, and people close to my heart.”

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