When Harry and Meghan announced the birth of Lilibet—nicknamed Lili—on June 4, 2021, they told the world that she was "named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet.
It was the childhood nickname of Queen Elizabeth II, who called herself Lilibet when she was a toddler because she had difficulty pronouncing her full name. Her great-granddaughter Princess Lilibet of Sussex was named in her honour.
According to writer and author Robert Hardman's new biography, Charles III: New King, New Court, he writes how an anonymous aide recalled to him that "Elizabeth II had been 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter 'Lilibet', ...
Why are Archie and Lilibet not called Prince and Princess?
When Archie was born, he was the great-grandchild of a sovereign rather than a grandchild, so was not given the title. However, when the Queen died and her son King Charles acceded to the throne, it meant Archie and Lilibet were entitled to be a prince and princess.
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor is the second child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She is sister to the couple's first child, Archie, and the 11th great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth. Lilibet Diana's name pays tribute to the Queen's childhood nickname and Prince Harry's late mother, Princess Diana.
Lilibet Diana: British react to new royal baby's name | AFP
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Like her father and paternal grandparents, Princess Lilibet appears to have blue eyes. And this has been highlighted by her parents Prince Harry, 38 and Meghan Markle, 41. And although King Charles III has blue eyes, it's his late first wife.
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Despite her status as a princess, she will never officially go by the title "Princess Meghan" - as this particular designation is reserved for those born directly into the Royal Family. Had she not been granted the Sussex title, Meghan would have been referred to as Princess Henry.
This has not yet happened, despite the princess quitting the royal family for America in 2020. Despite being a princess, she will never technically be known as Princess Meghan - as this is reserved for those born into the Royal Family.
He hadn't met Lilibet, his granddaughter, and so to meet her for the first time was very emotional—it was a wonderful thing.” During the trip, Lilibet was also able to meet her great-grandmother for the first time. The infant is named after the monarch, as Lilibet was the queen's childhood nickname.
Although Lili wasn't the first royal baby to be born in America — Lord Frederick Windsor (the son of Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Prince Michael of Kent) and his wife Sophie Winkleman welcomed their daughter, Maud Windsor, in California in 2013 — she did make history by being the first great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth ...
Meghan Markle is a Princess of the royal family but she can never technically be known as Princess Meghan. Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle can never be known as 'Princess' if she loses her 'Duchess' title owing to a strict royal rule.
The Inside Story by Robert Hardman, currently being serialised in the Daily Mail, states: “One privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter 'Lilibet', the Queen's childhood nickname.
Harry And Meghan Got The Late Queen's Approval For Lilibet's Name. According to reports, Harry and Meghan got full permission from Queen Elizabeth to use Lilibet as their daughter's name. The unique appellation pays homage to the late monarch, who held the nickname Lilibet since she was a child.
Harry and Meghan's decision to name their daughter after the Queen's nickname Lilibet left the late monarch so upset she felt her name had been 'taken', sources have claimed.
On their wedding days, members of the royal family are typically given a new royal title. For example, Prince William became the Duke of Cambridge and his bride, Kate Middleton, became the Duchess of Cambridge. When Queen Elizabeth II died in September, Middleton was given a new title, Catherine, Princess of Wales.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (/ˈmɛɡən/; born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981) is an American member of the British royal family and former actress. She is married to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III.
Prince William's net worth was already higher than his brother's while the Queen was alive, but his inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall puts his wealth vastly beyond Prince Harry's.
So what will Prince Harry inherit from Queen Elizabeth? Representatives told Forbes in 2021 that Harry was not a beneficiary of any of the $100 million left to the royal family by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.
The reason is actually pretty sweet. Prince Harry may be Prince William's younger brother, but he still reportedly got a bigger inheritance from their great-grandmother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, commonly known as the Queen Mother, after she passed away in 2002.
Lilibet is a member of the British royal family and has mixed-race ancestry, having African and European maternal lineage. She has dual citizenship of the United States and the United Kingdom. In December 2021, the first photograph of Lilibet was released to the public as a Christmas card from her parents.
Others argue that Lilibet Diana is the spitting image of Princess Diana. According to Hello!, the striking resemblance the two Diana share is the Spencers' red hair and blue eyes. Many fans have claimed that the baby is a walking reminder of Prince Harry's late mother, who passed away in 1997 in a tragic car accident.
It appears Archie has inherited brown eyes from his mother. Brown eyes are dominant over green and blue. However, his red hair means someone on Meghan's side of the family must have had red hair, too, because red hair is recessive and requires two red hair genes.
