Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, is the real victim of the latest royal drama that erupted this month over whether or not Queen Elizabeth II gave her blessing for the use of her family nickname, a new episode. from this website’s The Royal Report podcast has discussed.
This month, Britain’s Daily Mail serialized a new biography by royal author Robert Hardman, an excerpt of which revealed that an anonymous aide claimed the queen had been “angrier than I’d ever seen her” in 2021, after That Harry and Meghan’s spokesperson told new media that she had given the couple her blessing to name their newborn daughter “Lilibet,” the nickname she herself coined as a child.
Only the monarch’s close friends and family used the nickname, prompting Harry and Meghan to backlash from critics and commentators at the time their daughter’s name was announced.
The princess was born on June 4, 2021, more than a year after Harry and Meghan sensationally split from the monarchy and gave an explosive interview to Oprah Winfrey that was highly critical of members of the royal family and the institution.
In a statement issued two days after the birth, the couple announced that “the Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcome their daughter, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, into the world.”
Explaining the choice of name, the statement said: “Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Her middle name, Diana, was chosen in honor of her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales. “.
A report published by the BBC at the time cited a palace source who claimed that the queen was “never asked” for her approval for the use of the name, something the duke and duchess denied.
They issued a further statement stating that: “The duke spoke to his family before the announcement; in fact, his grandmother was the first family member he called. During that conversation, he shared his hope to name his daughter Lilibet after him. “If she hadn’t been supportive, they wouldn’t have used the name.”
Buckingham Palace had no comment at the time.
The debate over the name has been reopened ahead of the publication of Hardman’s book The Making of a King: King Charles III and the. This is a brief summary.
2024-01-17 20:33:18
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