Harry and Meghan reportedly asked the queen for permission to name their daughter Lilibet
Sources close to royalty say that Harry and Meghan asked permission of Queen Elizabeth II to call their second daughter "Lilibet"
A great controversy was generated in the United Kingdom when the name of the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was released, as many considered it as a lack of respect towards Queen Elizabeth.
In fact, experts on British royalty like Angela Levin suggested that it was very rude that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose Lilibet as their daughter's first name, which is also the nickname by which Philip of Edinburgh referred to his wife.
“I don't think it's a good idea, I think it's quite rude to her Majesty, her Queen. It was a very private nickname for her husband, who hasn't been dead for long. Prince Charles would never dream of calling his mother Lilibet, "Levin told Good Morning Britain."
But as they say, in every story there are two versions and there is a second that ensures that Meghan and Harry asked the queen for permission before calling her daughter Lilibet.
British royal house sources confirmed to Page Six that Harry called Queen Elizabeth II before his wife, Meghan Markle, gave birth at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on June 4.
A source added: “It was probably a call saying that she has arrived and we plan to name her after you; actually, it's not something you can say no to. I doubt they asked, more likely informed. "
Harry remains close to his grandmother despite having resigned from the royal family in 2020 amid the "Megxit" storm and giving recent interviews filled with accusations, including allegations of racism, against Buckingham Palace.
On the other hand, as it has been implied in the communications that have been made public so far, little Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor will be known simply as 'Lili' and everything indicates that Prince Harry had been shuffling this name for some time .
In January 2019 he attended an event in Birkenhead, Merseyside, North West England with his wife Meghan, who was then pregnant with their firstborn Archie, where he had the opportunity to meet a woman named Rebecca Blundell and her daughters: Lily, six years old, and Lottie, two. At that moment, Harry showed an unusual interest in learning how to spell the name of the older of the two girls that did not go unnoticed by his mother.
"Prince Harry came up first and was chatting with my two-year-old daughter. Then he spoke to Lily, who is six, and when she was already walking away, he turned and asked her if her name spelled with 'i' or 'y' Right away I thought it must be one of those who were shuffling. Then Meghan came over and I asked her if she was nervous about the impending arrival of her baby. She said she was excited and that Harry would be a fantastic father. I replied that she would be a great too. mother and she seemed really moved. She was very calm and at ease in the crowd, "Rebecca explained at the time.
Obviously, the couple did not have the opportunity to use that name when Archie was born, but it seems that they took good note and decided to reserve it for the next expansion of their family.
