And as if we could ever get away from her… a poll to remind us of how a young American back in the day was already Meghan an Insta impact on Buck House.
With the revelation (small beer in today’s world of big royal reveals) that London is the most Instagrammable city in the world.
Because there was a world BC (Before Catherine) in which Meghan was queen which she know doubt would want to be.
And any hagiography about her had to include a picture of her as a young tourist outside Buckingham Palace dreaming and plotting of nabbing a royal.
All of which peregrinations is my way in today to celebrating London as the Insta destination of kings, queens, Z-list American actresses and us little people.
London calling
Experts at NZCasinoClub analysed numerous city break-related hashtags for European capitals, including #[city], #[city]travel, and #[city]tourism.
With the number combined to create an overall total per city to discover the most Instagrammable European destinations.
London scores 163,530,000 Instagram hashtags with over 2,000 years of history and famous landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Big Ben to get your selfie in front of, although we prefer the Tower.
Paris lights
Of course the NZCasinoClub survey is something of a tale of two cities with Paris coming in just behind.
The City of Lights has 141,283,300 Instagram hashtags.
Et naturellement the Eiffel Tower is a must-have selfie while if you want to dodge the traffic you can try for a piccie round L’Arc de Triomphe.
Now, we’ll let the researchers do the heavy lifting here with their table underneath.
Others in the frame
Only to flag up that our favourites Amsterdam, Rome and Prague all figure.
And, of course, we’ve jumped up at the opportunity to be photographed in the Rembrandt Night Watch, on the Spanish Steps and on the King Charles V Bridge.
But we must of course mention that Ankara features in third, Berlin in fourth and Madrid in 5th.
A victory here for the capital of Turkey over Istanbul and that in itself marks it out as somewhere special.
Ankara, we are told boasts a vast selection of parks, mosques, museums, and performing arts venues dotted around the city and the annual International Ankara Music Festival.
While of all its charms, the researchers flag up Berlin’s visual masterpieces that are a beautiful background for a photo opportunity.
With Kripo’s Yellow Fist outside Friedrichshain station high on that list.
While in Madrid we’re encouraged to get our photies taken outside the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral.
All of which our favourite ‘non-working royal’ (most of us who are non-working, are er, unemployed) would have on her list of self-promotion.
Which all started out when she was Meghan an Insta impact on Buck House.
City sights
And that list for you…
Rank
City
Number of Instagram Hashtags
1
London
163,530,000
2
Paris
141,283,300
3
Ankara
56,000,600
4
Berlin
53,776,700
5
Madrid
49,639,000
6
Amsterdam
36,359,100
7
Baku
34,930,200
8
Rome
30,237,600
9
Prague
18,871,400
10
Vienna
16,456,700
