Instagram forced to apologise to Meghan Markle after her content was restricted | Royal | News

Instagram has rushed to apologise and correct a glaring error following Meghan Markle’s return to Instagram earlier in the New Year.

In order to promote her new Netflix show, The Duchess of Sussex had shared her trailer on her social media page but suffered a serious setback after Instagram mistakenly restricted searches for the hashtag #WithLoveMeghan.

In error, the social media platform, owned by Meta, blocked searches for the term because of “sensitive content”.

The company said: “We blocked people’s ability to search for terms related to potential child safety risks. In this case, the search term #WithLoveMeghan was restricted in error and has now been corrected.”

‘With Love, Meghan’ is an eight-part cooking show series, due to launch on Netflix on January 15, and will see Meghan cooking for her famous celebrity friends, including a co-star from the TV show, Suits.

The former actress posted the short clip to promote her new show just 24 hours after she returned to the social media platform after a long absence.

In the clip, which is set to the 1960s hit “Do You Believe in Magic,” Meghan is seen cooking her favourite recipes, buying flowers from a shop, and even seen taking care of bees in a beekeeper suit.

The trailer has already left some experts baffled with the audience of the long-awaited series. Royal historian and expert, Dr Tessa Dunlop, told The Mirror: “It is all too easy to mock Meghan and the perfect world she presents in her new Netflix trailer: shiny (slightly) famous friends, effortfully fresh food, Insta-ready images.

She added: “But worry not, apparently this is just what the Duchess does: in her words ‘I have always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it.’ And no, she is not talking about Prince Harry, who this time is lucky enough to make an appearance alongside his influencer wife and her millennial chums. According to chef, Roy Choi, ‘they are family now’, which doesn’t bode well given the Sussexes’ track record with their nearest and dearest.”

Meghan’s husband, Prince Harry, makes a brief appearance in the trailer, hugging Meghan as the pair hold drinks in a garden. Body language expert, Judi James, told the Mirror as the two embrace, Harry has a “facial expression of beaming pride and emotional reward for what she is achieving and who she is”.

Meanwhile, royal expert and author, Hugo Vickers, questioned the timing of the show, telling The Sun: “The sort of food that she’s producing is not going to appeal to a lot of people who can’t afford to buy that sort of thing.”

He added: “A lot of people are suffering, this is a time of hardship, generally. I don’t really quite know what we’re going to make of a star in a white dress, not even wearing an apron, putting together all this… Stuff!”

Avid royal watchers have been keen to share their opinions on the show with many looking forward to the show. One fan wrote: “She looks so happy, made new friends that’s a win for our girl.”

Another said: “Love the concept already!”

Another social media fan commented on the trailer, saying: “Love this for her. Aligned to her good old blogging days” referring to her former lifeestyle website, The Tig.

The long-awaited lifestyle series, which fans were promised when lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard was first teased last March, will launch next week.