Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has shared a video of herself and Prince Harry dancing outside, filmed by their four-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet. The clip, posted on Instagram on Friday, is her first social media post of the new year.
In the black-and-white video, the couple are seen barefoot on grass, spinning and swaying before Meghan jumps into Harry's arms. The Duchess captioned the post: "When 2026 feels just like 2016….you had to be there." She added a credit to Lilibet with the words "Cred: Our daughter".
The post is part of the viral "2026 is the new 2016" trend, a nostalgia movement on TikTok and Instagram celebrating the mid-2010s as a golden age of internet culture. The trend was launched at the beginning of 2026 to mark the tenth anniversary of 2016.
Alongside the video, Meghan also shared a photograph of the couple with their arms around each other during a trip to Botswana in August 2016, which marked their third date. Comments on the posts have been disabled.
Other celebrities including Mindy Kaling, Amy Schumer, Eva Longoria and Hailey Bieber have taken part in the trend. Stacey Solomon also shared a nostalgic post, joking about how much had changed in a decade.
However, not everyone is a fan. TikTok creator Helen McPherson, who has 100,000 followers, criticised the trend as "a stupid trend invented by young people", adding that 2016 "feels like the other day."
