
Meghan Markle's latest Instagram post about enduring the 'hardest seven years' of her life has prompted a flurry of speculation about her marriage to Prince Harry, after commentators on a UK news channel questioned whether the timeline overlaps almost exactly with their relationship. The Duchess of Sussex, who shared the cryptic message with her 3.9 million followers last week, appeared to suggest that a long and bruising period in her life came to an end on 25 April.
Markle relaunched her personal Instagram presence earlier this year after a long hiatus from social media, having largely stepped away from platforms following her marriage into the royal family. Her new post was not a traditional captioned photograph, but rather a screenshot-style horoscope that many read as thinly veiled autobiography. That timing, coupled with her and Prince Harry's recent public reflections on mental health during a four-day trip to Australia, gave the post a sharper edge than the usual celebrity astrology fare.