Harry and Meghan parents: did Queen Elizabeth II know their daughter's first name?
It was two days after the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana that Harry and Meghan announced her birth. If the members of the royal family were not warned of the birth of the baby before the public, according to the Daily Mail the queen had the first to announce the first name ...
The announcement was certainly nothing conventional, but the conventions, the Sussexes have freed themselves by leaving the royal family there is now a little over a year. Exiled in Montecito, the young prince hastened to forget the family motto "Never explain, never complain" swinging, with Meghan at his side, terrible accusations against his family. His return to the territory of childhood last April for the funeral of Prince Philip did not allow to reconnect, the break seemed final.
But now the birth of Lilibet Diana reshuffles the cards. It was on the website of their Archewell Foundation that the young parents announced the birth of Archie's little sister: “On June 4th, we had the chance to welcome our daughter, Lili. She is more than what we could never have imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we have been able to feel around the world. Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this time so special for our family. " read.
A first name a promise of appeasement?
The royal family reacted immediately but it became clear that they had not been notified of the birth of the girl and that no royal communication had been prepared in advance. However, according to the Daily Mail on June 7, Harry would have warned the sovereign that the first name chosen would be in her homage. And what a tribute! Lilibet is indeed the nickname that the family gave to Queen Elizabeth II when she was a child, when she could not pronounce her first name. The nickname stuck and that's how the Queen continued to sign her letters to her intimate friends.
The queen cannot ignore that Lilibet is also a tribute to her husband Philip since that is what he called him, sometimes alternating with Cabbage (Chou, in French). So it seems that the girl's first name is like an olive branch stretched across the Atlantic by the Sussexes to members of the royal family. Anyway, long life to the two Lilibets!
