Meghan Markle on Why She Quit Social Media and How Archie Changed What Risks She's Willing to Take

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Meghan Markle appeared as a speaker for Fortune's Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit, where the Duchess spoke to the magazine's associate editor, Emma Hinchliffe, from her home about her use of social media and the impact Archie has had on the way Meghan works.Speaking from her Montecito home, Meghan admitted that she no longer has any personal social media accounts for her own mental health.

She compared the addiction some have to online platforms as being similar to drug addiction."For my own self-preservation, I have not been on social media for a very long time,” Meghan started. "I had a personal account years ago, which I closed down and then we had one through the institution and our office that was in the U.K.