Lilibet Diana: Meghan Markle did not really have the choice for her first name
This Sunday, June 6, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced the birth of their second child, a little girl named Lilibet Diana. A first name chosen by the Duchess of Sussex? Not really...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced the happy news on June 6 on social networks: their little girl, named Lilibet Diana, was born! The Sussex couple wanted to pay tribute to Elizabeth II, known as "Lilibet" by close members of the royal family. Another obvious nod, that of Prince Harry to his beloved late mother, the Princess of Hearts.
An idea of a first name that had panicked bookmakers, of which Prince Harry would be mainly at the origin, as The Mirror points out. The Duke of Sussex is said to have considered paying tribute to his grandmother by naming her child as well, years before meeting his future wife. Meghan Markle would not have really had the choice? "He mentioned Lilibet to Meghan, when discussing potential names for their children, and she loved the idea," reports a source.
The first name of Lilibet Diana: tribute or lack of respect?
Harry has always had a wonderful bond with his grandmother, which makes it all the more bizarre that he has gone out of his way to threaten their relationship for the past two years, "a source explains. , the young man wondered at length, worrying about the too much attention that this could generate.
This announced first name did not fail to be very commented on across the Channel. A choice validated by the monarch? “It is understood that the Queen was informed by Prince Harry that her great-grandchild would be named in her honor, before their official announcement which was made on their site” it has been learned, but Buckingham is said to have been caught off guard by the announcement of the Sussexes, the palace spokesperson having taken 90 minutes to congratulate the couple ... For Angela Levin, the choice of this first name would simply be a lack of respect towards the queen ...
Still, if this choice seems to come mainly from Prince Harry, Meghan Markle would also have found its account. By naming his daughter Lilibeth, with the nickname Lili, he is also a nod to the nickname given to him by his mother Doria Ragland, "Flower", since Lili means Lily or lily of the valley in English ...
