Prince Harry Is Setting the Record Straight on Whether He and Meghan Markle Will Return to Social Media
Prince Harry Is Setting the Record Straight on Whether He and Meghan Markle Will Return to
The couple has been offline for almost a year.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might not be quitting social media after all. In a new interview with Fast Company, Harry addressed reports claiming that the couple have logged off for good, revealing that they haven't officially ruled out a return.
"We will revisit social media when it feels right for us—perhaps when we see more meaningful commitments to change or reform — but right now we've thrown much of our energy into learning about this space and how we can help," he said, before correcting sources, who previously said that the Sussexes had "no plans" to use social media to promote their new Archewell Foundation. Reports also alleged that the likelihood of Harry and Meghan reactivating their personal accounts was "very unlikely."
Those rumors were apparently "news" to Harry and Meghan. "Ironically, we woke up one morning a couple of weeks ago to hear that a Rupert Murdoch newspaper said we were evidently quitting social media," Harry said. "That was 'news' to us, bearing in mind we have no social media to quit, nor have we for the past 10 months."
He continued, "The truth is, despite its well-documented ills, social media can offer a means of connecting and community, which are vital to us as human beings. We need to hear each other's stories and be able to share our own. That's part of the beauty of life. And don't get me wrong; I'm not suggesting that a reform of the digital space will create a world that's all rainbows and sunshine, because that's not realistic, and that, too, isn't life. There can be disagreement, conversation, opposing points of view—as there should be, but never to the extent that violence is created, truth is mystified, and lives are jeopardized."
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Elsewhere in the interview, Harry blamed social media and its ability to spread misinformation for the Capitol riots, as well as the barrage of harassment against him and Meghan.
"I was really surprised to witness how my story had been told one way, my wife's story had been told one way, and then our union sparked something that made the telling of that story very different," Harry explained of his own personal experience in the digital space. "That false narrative became the mothership for all of the harassment you're referring to. It wouldn't have even begun had our story just been told truthfully."
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Harry later added, "I believe we can begin to make our digital world healthier, more compassionate, more inclusive, and trustworthy. And it's time to move from rethinking to remodeling."
Long story short: the Sussexes may rejoin social media, but a few things will have to change first.
