Meghan Markle highlights charity work on Sussex Royal Instagram

Meghan Markle may have banished her former lifestyle blog the Tig along with her “Suits” costumes, but now she wants everyone to know she was acting as a royal even before she met Prince Harry.

Meghan, who used the Tig to showcase her projects but shut it down before joining the British royal family, is now using her Sussex Royal Instagram account to show off the works she did before she became an HRH. She highlighted charities that she worked with before she met Harry in a post Friday. The images include Meghan in Rwanda in March 2016 with World Vision — which was expanding access to clean water in rural areas — before she met Harry on a blind date four months later. Meghan was also seen in India in 2017 where she advocated for gender equality.

Later pictures show the actress visiting university students in London in January 2019 and Harry in Malawi last September during the couple’s Africa tour. Plus, there is a shot of Meghan at an Association of Commonwealth Universities event in South Africa in 2019.

Their Sussex Royal account posted the images, saying: ‘Today, on International Day of Education, we highlight the importance of access to education for all. The Duchess of Sussex has focused on this both prior to becoming a member of the Royal Family and now as patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.“The Duke and Duchess recognise the benefit both personally and to society at large when a young girl has access to education. On their recent tour to southern Africa, the Duke supported the initiatives of @Camfed on the ground in Malawi.”

The couple’s making their own way after giving up their roles as senior royals. They’re looking for a CEO for their Sussex Royal Foundation after Natalie Campbell — whom they poached from Prince William and Kate Middleton’s foundation — quit as CEO after a few months to become CEO of water company Belu.