Meghan Markle is celebrating the brand new yr by returning to Instagram after a five-year hiatus.

The Duchess of Sussex, who alongside along with her husband Prince Harry stepped down from royal duties in January 2020, posted a video on the brand new account @meghan on Wednesday. The caption-less clip reveals Markle, clad in all-white, frolicking on the seaside and writing “2025” within the sand. Feedback weren’t out there on the publish, although the account already has practically 700,000 followers.

The Related Press confirmed on Wednesday that the Instagram deal with belongs to Markle, and ABC Information reported that the video was filmed by Prince Harry on a public seaside close to their residence in Montecito, Calif., the place the couple has lived since leaving royal life.

Although Markle launched an Instagram for her new way of life model, American Riviera Orchard, earlier this yr, the newest profile to bear her title was the @SussexRoyal account that she shared with Harry till it was closed in 2020. When that profile launched in 2019, it broke a world document because the quickest to attain 1 million followers on the platform. Previous to her marriage to Harry, Markle had a private account with 3 million followers that she closed a couple of months earlier than their Could 2018 wedding ceremony.

Throughout her time as a royal and after, Markle was a goal for relentless harassment on social media, main the couple to talk out publicly concerning the risks of on-line bullying and misinformation. Nevertheless, Harry stated in a 2021 interview with Quick Firm that he didn’t assume the couple was achieved with social media for good, regardless of their tribulations with it.

“Social media can provide a way of connecting and group, that are very important to us as human beings. We have to hear one another’s tales and have the ability to share our personal. That’s a part of the great thing about life,” Harry stated, including: “We are going to revisit social media when it feels proper for us — maybe after we see extra significant commitments to vary or reform.”