Meghan Markle shared a new Instagram video of her family on a walk in the UK, with Prince Harry alongside her and their two kids in motion: Lilibet riding a bike, Archie running ahead. Their faces were never shown, but the clip still landed right in the middle of the privacy debate that has followed the couple for years.
Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield called the video“striking”in its hypocrisy, arguing that if privacy is genuinely the priority, the most effective strategy is to stop broadcasting family life to millions of strangers. Tom Sykes added another layer, pointing to Harry’s 2017 Heads Together video where he criticized performative social media and the damage it can do. That contrast is what has the internet talking.
Meanwhile, the family has moved back to the UK and enrolled their children in a prep school costing around $35,000 a year. King Charles reportedly confirmed the couple remain non-working royals and cannot use their HRH titles. So the whole thing raises a question plenty of families wrestle with, famous or not: where is the line between sharing your life and using your kids for content?
What do you think, can you ask the world for privacy while posting your family online?
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