Meghan Markle leaves her old life behind as she deletes ALL social media accounts

Meghan Markle

by Anna Sky Hulton |
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American actress Meghan Markle has taken a bold step to shed her old image in preparation for marrying Prince Harry later this year.

In a shocking move for today's celebrities, Suits star Meghan has deleted ALL of her social media accounts ahead of her marriage to Prince Harry later in the year.

Kensington Palace has confirmed that the actress will no longer be using social media, having previously had accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Meghan Markle's bridesmaids - Closer (slider)

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Serena Williams

Someone with an outside shot at being Meghan's bridesmaid is tennis ace Serena Williams. Meghan and the Wimbledon-champion have been friends since 2014 when they met at a charity football game. Despite their reported closeness, Meghan didn't attend Serena's own nuptials earlier this year, so it might be that she doesn't have a role at the royal wedding.

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Janina Gavankar

Fellow actress Janina Gavankar has known Meghan for 15 years, with the Suits star recently gushing about their friendship in an Instagram post that read: 'Couldn't be prouder of how far we've come, and couldn't be more grateful for being able to share every step of it with you.' As a long-term pal and as someone in the same industry as her, she's got a good chance of being in the bridal party.

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Princess Charlotte

As the niece of Prince Harry, it would be a pretty adorable touch if Princess Charlotte was included in the bridal party. After all, she was part of her aunt Pippa Middleton's wedding earlier this year to James Middleton, so it's not like she hasn't had any practice.

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Jessica Mulroney

As well as being her unofficial stylist, Jessica Mulroney is also one of Meghan's closest friends, after the two met when the actress relocated to Toronto to begin filming Suits. She is heavily present on Meghan's Instagram account, as is her daughter, Ivy, so we think it's highly likely that she'll have a role.

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Lindsay Roth

The front-runner for maid of honour is almost certainly Lindsay Roth, who chose Meghan for the same role at her own wedding last August. The Suits actress and producer and author have been friends for 15 years, with Lindsay recently telling People magazine that Meghan is 'the same girl I met years ago'. The two met at a Toni Morrison literature class during their first year of college at Northwestern University.

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Priyanka Chopra

Another actress that Meghan is good friends with is Priyanka Chopra, who she met at a dinner celebrating women in Hollywood a few years ago. After Vanity Fair ran their cover story with Meghan pegged to her relationship with Prince Harry, Priyanka defended her friend, saying she was more than just 'Harry's girlfriend'.

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Kate Middleton

As Meghan is marrying into the royal family could Kate Middleton be one of her bridesmaids?We don't know much about how close the women are but they're soon to be family so we reckon they're fairly friendly. PLUS it's going to be a royal wedding so we're pretty sure Kate (who we're guessing will be heavily pregnant) will have a role in the big day.

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Abigail Spencer

If you're a fan/watched Suits then you'll remember Harvey's ex-girlfriend Scottie (who is played by Abigail). She may have left Suits a few seasons ago but it turns out Meghan and Abigail are pals outside of the TV series. Could we see a Suits reunion on the big day?

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Sarah Rafferty

If you've ever watched even a clip of Suits then you'll of course know who Donna is.Sarah, who plays the infamous character, and Meghan are close friends in real life so will we see Sarah hold the princess-to-be's dress as she walks down the aisle?

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Olivia Palermo

Actress and model Olivia Palermo and Meghan Markle are pals too!You may recognise Olivia from The Hills spinoff show The City. As they're both fabulous, famous and friends, we wonder if we'll see Olivia at the big day in spring.

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Millie Mackintosh

Yup.We bet you didn't know Meghan Markle and Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh are friends?!If you've had a good old stalk on Meghan's Instagram account you'll see this adorable photo of the pair bike riding together.You know, as you do.Will we get to see the former reality star at the royal wedding?

Sky News have reported the palace as saying: "Ms Markle is grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years.

"However, as she has not used these accounts for some time, she has taken the decision to close them."

At the time of its deletion, Meghan's Facebook page had almost 800,000 likes, her Instagram account had a whopping 1.9 million followers and her Twitter account more than 475,000.

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Wowza, that's a lot to give up!

Meghan, who also ran her own lifestyle blog called The Tig** closed it in April last year, causing some speculation there could be a royal engagement on the cards. The Tig **covered topics such as food, beauty, fashion and travel. It also spoke about strong women.

Despite the deletion of Meghan's accounts we shouldn't be sad, because it is likely, in a similar way to the Duchess of Cambridge, that Meghan will continue to be featured on the official social media accounts for the royal family.

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Yesterday, Prince Harry and Ms Markle made their second official engagement as an engaged couple at a Brixton radio station which trains youngsters in media skills.

Their first official engagement was just a week after they announced their engagement in Nottingham, when the couple did a 'walkabout'.

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