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YOU might imagine it was a hefty blow when Prince Harry and his glamorous wife Meghan chose to stop sharing an Instagram account with Prince William and Kate earlier this year — but who’s having the last laugh?

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have just reached a landmark 10 million followers on their account @kensingtonroyal.

And the royal couples’ rival accounts, though completely different in style, could hardly be closer in numbers, with @sussexroyal — run by Harry and Meghan — on 9.4 million followers, despite only launching in April this year.

Intriguingly, it is possible the reported rivalry between the brothers is actually helping Prince William.

For analysis reveals that the Cambridges’ account hit a plateau of 7 million followers in January 2019 and languished there, only starting its climb up to its current level of 10 million when the Sussexes struck out on their own.

Other royal Instagrammers, meanwhile, trail far behind.

The Queen has 6.7 million followers and Prince Charles a mere 879,000.

Prince Andrew has just 215,000 followers — all of whom he appeared to ‘mute’ for ten days after the suicide of his friend Jeffrey Epstein, presumably so that no one could leave a comment.

And while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arguably the most privacyconscious members of The Firm, follow almost nobody online — including, quite extraordinarily, none of the Royal Family — Sarah, the Duchess of York, takes an altogether more inclusive approach. She follows absolutely everyone, from David Beckham and actress Susan Sarandon, to Sharon Osbourne and even Ayda Field, the wife of Robbie Williams — plus, of course, her ex and their daughters.

Alas for social-media savvy Fergie, few of the Royals outside of her nearest and dearest seem to follow her in return. So, in the right royal battle for social media supremacy, what does make a winning g combination?