Prince Harry and Meghan 'shocked' Lilibet's name dispute is 'coming out now'
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly “shocked” the rumor which claims Queen Elizabeth didn’t approve of them naming their daughter Lilibet is “coming out now.”
Prince Harry and his wife believe it is “convenient” the claims are coming to light now, according to an insider. It was recently claimed by a royal biographer the couple named their young daughter Queen Elizabeth’s childhood nickname without permission, and it made the late monarch “angry.” Lilibet was born a year after the royal couple left The Firm in 2020 to live “financially independent” of the duke’s family.
Meghan and Harry “shocked” at claim surfacing ‘now’
A source told US Weekly King Charles’ mom did, in fact, “100%” approve of the use of her nickname which was used privately by her family during her life.
“Meghan and Harry 100 percent got permission from the queen to use the name Lilibet,” they said.
They continued, saying they believed it was “the same spear campaign” that had been used against them in the press. “Multiple people” were also said to be aware of the Queen giving her assent to the moniker.
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“The report is not true. [Harry and Meghan] don’t know where this is coming from,” the insider said. “They’re shocked that this is coming now; it seems out of nowhere and out of left field. They just feel like it’s more of the same spear campaign that continues against them.
“They feel it’s convenient [that] this is surfacing now when the queen is not here to defend herself and can’t say what is true or false.”
‘It’s not doing the Queen any favors’
After the claims made in the upcoming book, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, Omid Scobie, who wrote another controversial book called Endgame has spoken out. He wrote on X (formerly Twitter) the book by journalist Robert Hardman is portraying Elizabeth to be someone “the public haven’t known her to be.”
“None of these Lilibet ‘revelations’ are doing the late Queen Elizabeth II any favors,” he penned yesterday (January 16). “Not only do they contradict details shared by the Palace with a cooperatively written biography in 2022 (see pic), they also depict the monarch in a way the public haven’t known her to be.”
The photo he included was a screenshot of a Daily Mail article that quoted the 2022 book, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait by Gyles Brandreth. The book claimed she took the pair naming her great-granddaughter after her as “the compliment it was intended to be.”
An insider also told US Weekly after Lilibet’s arrival that it was their first choice for a name.
“It was important for them that the queen signed off though,” said the source. “That didn’t happen until right before the birth. They both agreed it would only be right if Her Majesty gave her approval, especially with something so personal.”
Queen Elizabeth was ‘angry’ over the moniker – new book writes
A source in the upcoming book claims Queen Elizabeth was “as angry as I’d ever seen her” when it was revealed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were naming their daughter Lilibet. The couple were apparently “rebuffed” by Buckingham Palace after trying to get them to “co-opt” with them on their side of the story, the book further adds.
This followed Harry and his former TV actress spouse saying Harry’s granny had been “supportive” of their choice to call their now-two-year-old her private pet name.
Elizabeth was called Lilibet by her dad, King George V because she couldn’t pronounce her name as a youngster, and later by her husband Prince Philip. The sweet name has been quite well-documented and made appearances throughout the six-season Netflix drama The Crown.
Elizabeth, who died in September 2022 at the age of 96, used it to refer to herself, too.
She used it when writing a letter to her granny, Queen Mary. She penned: “Darling Granny. Thank you very much for the lovely doll’s house. I do love it, and I have unpacked the dining room and the hall. Love from Lilibet.”
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