Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew's Social Media Pages Removed from Royals' Website

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The royal family just made some updates to their website.

Months after stepping down as working members of the royal family, both Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's @SussexRoyal Instagram page and Prince Andrew's Twitter and Instagram pages were removed from royal.uk, the family's official website, earlier this month. Visitors to the website now see just three social media links for both Twitter and Instagram available: @TheRoyalFamily, which follows Queen Elizabeth and many other royals, @ClarenceHouse, the office of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and @KensingtonRoyal, the office of Kate Middleton and Prince William.

Meghan, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew still have active bio pages on the royal family's website highlighting their key causes.

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Meghan, 39, and Prince Harry, 35, made the groundbreaking announcement that they were stepping down as senior working royals in January. The agreement they reached with the Queen went into effect April 1, and the couple have relocated to Los Angeles with their 1-year-old son, Archie.

They said goodbye to their Instagram page, which they launched in April 2019 after previously sharing the Kensington Royal account with Kate and Prince William, with a final post on March 30.

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously said that although they will be inactive, "both the Instagram account and website will remain in existence online for the foreseeable future."

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As we can all feel, the world at this moment seems extraordinarily fragile. Yet we are confident that every human being has the potential and opportunity to make a difference—as seen now across the globe, in our families, our communities and those on the front line—together we can lift each other up to realise the fullness of that promise. What’s most important right now is the health and wellbeing of everyone across the globe and finding solutions for the many issues that have presented themselves as a result of this pandemic. As we all find the part we are to play in this global shift and changing of habits, we are focusing this new chapter to understand how we can best contribute. While you may not see us here, the work continues. Thank you to this community - for the support, the inspiration and the shared commitment to the good in the world. We look forward to reconnecting with you soon. You’ve been great! Until then, please take good care of yourselves, and of one another. Harry and Meghan

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Prince Andrew, 60, stepped down from frontline royal duties in November over the "major disruption" caused by his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The final posts on both his Instagram and Twitter pages are his announcement that he will "step back from public duties for the foreseeable future."

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A statement by His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG.

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The Queen's third child discreetly took down his personal website, thedukeofyork.org, last month. Instead, the website redirects to his biography page on royal.uk.