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<\/p>\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have quit social media after growing disillusioned by the \u201chate\u201d they have found on sites like Facebook and Twitter, a UK newspaper reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The couple were rejecting social media in both a personal and professional capacity as part of their new \u201cprogressive role\u201d in the United States, the Sunday Times said.<\/p>\n
A source close to the couple told the newspaper they had \u201cno plans\u201d to use social media for their new Archewell Foundation and were \u201cvery unlikely\u201d to restart utilising platforms personally.<\/p>\n
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who moved to California last year after abruptly resigning from British royal duties, have previously had prominent presences online.<\/p>\n
They amassed more than 10 million Instagram followers to their Sussex Royal account while they were working royals. But the couple have also previously complained about their treatment on social media, as well as in the British press.<\/p>\n
Meghan described past trolling of her as \u201calmost unsurvivable\u201d while Harry issued an unprecedented statement in 2016 denouncing \u201cthe racial undertones of comment pieces\u201d and \u201cthe sexism and racism of social media trolls\u201d.<\/p>\n
Last year they launched a wide-ranging non-profit organisation, Archewell, after giving up their \u201cSussex Royal\u201d brand as part of the terms of their departure from frontline monarchy duties.<\/p>\n
They have started other creative ventures, including signing a deal with Spotify to produce podcasts that tell \u201cuplifting and entertaining stories\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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