By Molly Claire Goddard
3:27pm PST, Feb 23, 2026
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In honor of Valentine's Day, Meghan Markle shared a photo of
Prince Harry and their daughter,
Princess Lilibet, on
Instagram. "These two +
[Prince] Archie = my forever Valentines," she captioned the picture.
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Despite the sweet sentiment, social media users thought Meghan Markle's upload was hypocritical. "The real irony is that [Prince] Harry was crying 2 days ago at the meeting involving dead children's parents and social media… I can't stop laughing," one person wrote on Instagram.
"So, after
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moaned on and on about leaving the royal family for 'privacy', wanting to give their kids freedom. They saddle them down with Prince and Princess titles even though they live in America," a second chimed in.
"Then you have
Prince Harry breaking down in sobs with parents who actually lost kids to cyberbullying and preach about the dangers of kids and social media," a third added.
"Wasn't he just crying to parents of children who've taken their lives because of online harm?!" a fourth penned.
"Harry was just fake crying about the dangers of social media and children and a day later they post this!" a fifth said.
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Prince Harry seemed overcome with emotion while meeting with parents who lost children to online bullying. "We've said time and time again that this is a David versus Goliath situation," he
said, fighting back tears. "I've been in some similar situations myself, vastly different, but when you're sitting [in court] and if you have that feeling of just overwhelming emotion, because you can't believe that the people on the other side are saying what they're saying, that by the very nature of defending what they're defending, the lies that they are stating, is devaluing life, is devaluing your children's lives, if that brings stuff up for you, it is totally normal."
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Both
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been advocates for protecting children from the dangers of the internet. "Our kids are young — they're 3 and 5. They're amazing. But all you want to do as parents is protect them. So, as we can see what's happening in the online space, we know that there's a lot of work to be done there and we're just happy to be able to be a part of change for good," the
Suits star said during an interview with
CBS Sunday Morning. The Duke of Sussex added, "At this point, we've got to the stage where almost every parent needs to be a first responder. And even the best first responders in the world wouldn't be able to tell the signs of possible suicide. That is the terrifying piece of this."
