Stop everyone, Queen Elizabeth has already met her granddaughter Lilibet Diana in a video call
Perhaps she had not been informed before the "tribute" as claimed by the BBC, disproving other sources, but this does not mean that she was not pleasantly surprised. The birth of Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was announced late Sunday afternoon, but it seems that someone had already seen her little face on the screen of her now inseparable iPad.
As told by an insider to People, the queen would have met the granddaughter who bears her name through a video call. Harry and Meghan would virtually introduce the baby born on the morning of Friday 4 June to the Queen once they returned to their home in Montecito from the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor aka Her Majesty's eleventh granddaughter and the first to be born in the United States, (possibly) eighth in line of succession to the throne after Charles, William, cousins George, Charlotte and Louis, dad Harry and brother Archie , he would have already met the great-grandmother with whom he shares a special name. According to the source contacted by the magazine, the Dukes of Sussex "were very excited and could not wait to share the news of the birth of their daughter with the Queen", but not only.
For People, the Dukes of Sussex could consider l idea of spending Christmas in Sandringham if pandemic restrictions allow. Their participation in 2022 for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which will mark 70 years on the throne, is almost certain. Harry is expected in London on July 1 for the inauguration of the statue of mum Diana at Kensington Palace, but he will almost certainly be alone, just like at grandfather Philip's funeral.
Meanwhile, opinions are divided on the choice of the name of the little by the Sussex. There are those who see a sign of relaxation, those who consider it a marketing move and those who do not find it at all consistent with the tranchant statements against The Firm issued to Oprah and all the chaos unleashed to distance themselves from the crown. Royal expert Angela Levin, for example, is convinced that Elizabeth II found "the choice of Sussex extremely unpleasant" and "an invasion of her privacy" given the attachment to the nickname with which she lovingly referred to her as the Prince Consort. . Will she really be like this? But you know, what you do / say about Zoom stays with Zoom.
