How did Meghan Markle get the handle @meghan? Duchess waited more than two years to make first post and 'probably paid substantially for it'
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Meghan Markle has made a sensational return to Instagram after teasing a new project with an elusive video of herself a the beach. The wife of Prince Harry, 42, is making her comeback on the photo-sharing app, having stepped away in 2020, and is appearing to forego her Duchess of Sussex title by simply using the handle @meghan.
![[Meghan Markle has made a sensational return to Instagram after teasing a new project with an elusive video of herself a the beach]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/13/93648837-14241779-image-a-14_1735825321819.jpg)
She first made her cautious reappearance last summer, after teasing her return for months. News that the @meghan handle was hers created a frenzy of followers despite the account lying empty without a single post until Wedensday, and following no other accounts.
![[News that the @meghan handle was hers created a frenzy of followers despite the account lying empty without a single post until Wedensday, and following no other accounts]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/13/93667107-14241779-image-a-15_1735825327555.jpg)
But how did the Duchess get her hands on the single-moniker handle?. Speaking to FEMAIL, branding expert Emily M Austen revealed it's likely the account - which has now been verified with a blue tick - was owned by someone else before, as it's 'not a unique name'.
![[Elsewhere, PR expert Natalie Trice added that the comeback feels less like a new move for Meghan and more like another experiment. Meghan and Harry in April]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/13/93669313-14241779-image-a-16_1735825424834.jpg)
'Most likely, Meghan (or her team), will have used a website to negotiate through a third party, the handle, and will likely have had to pay for ownership,' she explained. 'It is possible to change your Instagram handle whenever you want, within certain limits, but this looks like a totally new account, so it’s most likely a purchase.
![[The account, which has no bio information, was created in June 2022 and initially had profile picture of pink dahlias. However, it is currently a chic black and white portrait of the Duchess. Meghan in October]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/13/93670975-14241779-image-a-17_1735825428437.jpg)
The wife of Prince Harry, 42, is making her comeback on the photo-sharing app, having stepped away in 2020, and is appearing to forego her Duchess of Sussex title by simply using the handle @meghan. Meghan Markle has made a sensational return to Instagram after teasing a new project with an elusive video of herself a the beach.
![[The return to Instagram comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex vowed never to return to social media after claiming to have dealt with an 'almost unsurvivable' amount of abuse. The couple in 2017]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/13/93670997-14241779-image-a-18_1735825433977.jpg)
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