How English bookmakers guessed Meghan and Harry's daughter's first name
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced Sunday, June 6, the birth of their baby girl, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. The followers of royalty had bet for a long time on the first name that the child will bear, and acclaimed a tribute to Elizabeth II.
In early March, Prince Harry and his wife revealed, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, that they were expecting a little girl. Quickly, the bets started to rain concerning the first name of the future sister of Archie. And the bookmakers were not so far off the mark, since the couple revealed the first name of their daughter born on June 4: Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
If the bettors have a time bet on "Diana", two months after the announcement of the pregnancy of Meghan Markle, Sunday February 14, the British then revised their forecasts. According to the online betting site BoyleSports, Internet users had acclaimed, during the weekend of April 17, the first name "Lily". This is a tribute to Elizabeth II. The sovereign, who celebrated her 95th birthday on Wednesday April 21, had indeed inherited the nickname "Lilibet" from her earliest childhood. A diminutive regularly used by the Duke of Edinburgh, her husband, whose funeral took place on Saturday, April 17.
Prince Harry's hasty departure
“Diana” however remained the favorite in the race for the names of the princely baby, explained Sarah Kinsella, spokesperson for BoyleSports, in the columns of the Daily Mail, April 20, 2021. “It did not deter punters from consider other names, she qualified. "Lily" is the one who has experienced the biggest jump in forecasts in a week (...), while the first name Grace plummeted last week. The followers of royalty continue to speculate on the basis of well-founded theories. "
If Prince Harry had traveled to England to attend the funeral of Prince Philip, the Duke of Sussex had then very quickly left the United Kingdom to return to America, and this, without attending the birthday of the queen. The tension was indeed at its height after the failure of the summit meeting of Kate Middleton and princes Charles, Harry and William, which was held behind closed doors after the funeral of Prince Philip. This conflict, amplified by the "Megxit" and the shocking interview of the Sussexes with Oprah Winfrey, will perhaps be appeased with the arrival of the little "Lili". Without "y", that said.
