Right now, the biggest story surrounding the British Royal Family is the news Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be resigning from their roles as senior Royal Family members.

Announced in an Instagram post on their official royal joint account on Thursday, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared they’ll be stepping back and working to become financially independent while splitting their time raising son Archie between the UK and North America.

For some, the announcement came as a shock. Among those are the other royals themselves, who reportedly heard the news on social media along with the rest of the world. Others believe there were signs it’s been a long time coming.

Having just skipped Christmas with the Queen in Sandringham for a six week holiday in Canada with Archie and Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, Markle’s former home of Toronto is widely tipped to be where the royal couple will set up their new digs.

Markle, who was born in California, called Toronto home for nine months every year, for seven years, while she was playing Rachel Zane on the US legal dramaSuits. During that time, she lived a semi-normal life as a celebrity, rather than a royal and all the media scrutiny that comes with that role.

Before the couple officially move, here’s a look into what Meghan Markle’s life in Canada was like before she became The Duchess of Sussex.

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Meghan Markle’s Canadian home.

Long before she lived in her newly renovated Frogmore Cottage home and a Kensington Palace “apartment” before that, Markle lived in a three-bedroom, two-bath home in Toronto’s Seaton Village.

The house, which sold for $1.395 million in late-2017, has a rustic American-style exterior, a stark contrast to the modern interiors. Think: sleek, white countertops, wooden furniture and finishes, all white and grey linens and a bathroom with floor-to-ceiling marble subway tiles.

You can check out photos from the real estate listing below.

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Meghan Markle's Instagram.

One of the things Markle reportedly misses the most about non-royal life is being able to communicate on her own terms through her personal Instagram account, which had a casual 1.9 million followers before it was deleted in January 2018.

At the time, Kensington Palace confirmed the news, saying Markle was “grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years” but had closed them “as she has not used these accounts for some time”.

As a senior member of the Royal Family, Markle wasn't permitted to have her own social media accounts, instead posting through an official royal joint account from herself and Prince Harry. But unlike her fellow royals, Markle had posted years and years of blog posts, photos and tweets that were screenshotted before disappearing forever, giving us an insight into her fascinating pre-royal life.

So we’ve deep-dived into her most interesting Instagram photos, which include the moment she met President Obama, some beautiful holidays, time spent on the set ofSuits, and snaps of her with famous friends.

Meghan Markle on Instagram.