Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have never asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to use her nickname, Lilibet, for the name of their second child, born a few days ago in Los Angeles. This was revealed by a source from Buckingham Palace to the Bbc denying the speculations of some media.
Earlier, a source close to Harry and Meghan had told the BBC that Harry had spoken to the queen before the birth and that he would “mention” the name. The denial now comes from another source close to the Royal Palace. Harry and the Queen spoke on the phone shortly before the birth but “the baby’s name was never mentioned.”
The nickname is very dear sovereign: coined when she was just a child and he could not pronounce his name correctly, was the way Grandpa George V and Philip called her.
Over the weekend, the couple announced that Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California.
Congratulations on the birth of Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor being born on Friday morning. pic.twitter.com/tzgAPMKXlD
— The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@PHarry_Meghan) June 6, 2021
Lilibet is the queen’s eleventh great granddaughter and Archie’s younger sister, who is now two years old. Her middle name, Diana, is a tribute to Prince Harry’s late mother. Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince William and Catherine, also has Diana as one of her middle names, as does Elizabeth.