THE FIRST ROYAL INSTAGRAM TOT

NO PHOTOS on the hospital steps, instead this is the first royal Instagram baby, with the couple sharing news of the birth on their online account hours before it was announced by Buckingham Palace. However, despite their affinity with social media, Harry and Meghan are said to be determined that Baby Sussex has a private childhood. In this they would again be following the lead of George and Amal Clooney who’ve never permitted the publication of pictures of their children. Will this be a struggle for Meghan? She had high ambitions for her blog The Tig before giving it up to join the royal Family. She did say last year that she found it ‘ freeing’ being off social media. However, they have now agreed that Instagram is the best way to get their message across, unmediated, and set up their @ sussexroyal account last month. It may well be that the pictures they share of the baby do not show his face — many Insta-influencers only picture the back of their children’s heads in order to preserve their privacy. The whole issue is rather a hot button for Harry, who remains tormented by memories of his mother’s difficult relationship with the ‘intrusive’ media. In a recent speech he claimed: ‘Social media is more addictive than drugs and alcohol and it’s more dangerous.’