Disillusioned by online hatred, the princely couple announced that they had left social networks and said they did not intend to devote themselves to it again.

The couple's decision comes amid questions about the spread of hate speech on social networks.

Prince Harry, sixth in the order of succession to the British throne, and his wife Meghan have abandoned social media and do not intend to return, the British newspaper

The Sunday Times

reported on

Sunday

.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had stopped using their Instagram account, where they had accumulated more than 10 million subscribers, when they officially stepped down from the royal family in early April 2020.

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"A source close to the couple said they had 'no plans' to use social media for their new Archewell Foundation and were 'highly unlikely' to return to the platforms in their personal capacity." , the Sunday Times said on Sunday.

According to the Sunday edition of the newspaper, "the couple are disillusioned by the 'hatred' they encountered on social media," adding that Meghan had already confided "on the 'almost insurmountable' experience of trolls on the Internet ".

"I was told that in 2019, I was the most trolled person in the world, men and women" combined, she had declared in the podcast "Teenager Therapy", evoking the feeling of "isolation" and the "nefarious" consequences of online abuse she suffered while pregnant with their son Archie.

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The couple's decision comes amid questions surrounding the spread of hate speech on social networks, while Twitter on Saturday "permanently" suspended the account of US President Donald Trump, facing the "risk of further incitement to violence" .

Facebook and other services like Instagram, Snapchat or Twitch have, for their part, suspended the profile of the tenant of the White House for an indefinite period, after the riots of his supporters which invaded the Capitol for several hours on Wednesday.

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