--- ---  # British Royals Meghan and Prince Harry's Instagram Account Has Broken a Record by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Apr 4, 2019 8:24 AM UTC  Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 11, 2019 in London, England. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 11, 2019 in London, England.Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Apr 4, 2019 8:24 AM UTC The Instagram account of British Royals [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/4694568/meghan-markle-period-stigma/) and [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5554184/prince-harry-paternity-leave/) broke a world record as fans flocked to follow the new account, which [debuted on Tuesday](http://time.com/5562731/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-now-have-their-own-official-instagram-account/). The royals’ earned one million followers on their account in less than six hours, which [breaks a Guinness World Record.](https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/britains-prince-harry-and-meghan-launch-their-own-instagram-account) Guinness World Records clocked the millionth follower in at five hours and 45 minutes after the account went live, according to their Tweet: > [](https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1113522908985425920) The [@sussexroyal](https://www.instagram.com/sussexroyal/?hl=en) account, which has only posted twice so far, already has 3.2 million followers. After an initial post saying that they had joined Instagram to publicize the work they are doing, a second post has been added showing the prince, also called the Duke of Sussex, meeting with families at a YMCA in the U.K. as part of his work on mental health: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex [tied the knot](http://time.com/longform/a-royal-album-harry-and-meghans-wedding/) in May 2018 and are [expecting a baby](http://time.com/5502228/meghan-markle-baby-due-date/) this spring. Meghan and Prince Harry's Instagram Account Breaks a Record ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5564096/british-royals-meghan-prince-harry-instragram-account-record-followers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5564096/british-royals-meghan-prince-harry-instragram-account-record-followers/"},"headline":"British Royals Meghan and Prince Harry's Instagram Account Has Broken a Record","datePublished":"2019-04-04T08:24:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:30.636Z","description":"The @sussexroyal account, which debuted on Tuesday, already has 3.2 million followers.","url":"https://time.com/5564096/british-royals-meghan-prince-harry-instragram-account-record-followers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b8428096e5b4cf/698947cd8fd2eee64c35e0de/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amy Gunia","jobTitle":"Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong.","url":"https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b8428096e5b4cf/698947cd8fd2eee64c35e0de/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"prince-harry-meghan-markle-commonwealth-day","caption":"Commonwealth Day 2019","creditText":"Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5564096/british-royals-meghan-prince-harry-instragram-account-record-followers/","name":"British Royals Meghan and Prince Harry's Instagram Account Has Broken a Record"}}]}] ```