A member of her staff for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has made a shocking revelation about the late Queen Elizabeth’s thoughts about naming their daughter Lilibet.
According to the staff, Queen Elizabeth was outraged by Harry and Meghan’s claim that she had granted her permission for their daughter to be called Lilibet.
The enlightening finding appears in the most recent instalment of a fascinating new biography – Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story, by the Mail’s writer Robert Hardman, currently being serialised exclusively in the Daily Mail.
The book revealed that the monarch was ‘as furious as I’d ever seen her’ when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex publicly announced that they would not have used her private family nickname if she had not been ‘supportive’.
The couple even instructed their aggressive team of attorneys, Schillings, to write to news broadcasters and publishers, most notably the BBC, claiming that reports about her not asking for permission were untrue and defamatory and should not be repeated.
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Speaking with members of the Royal Family, friends, and former and current palace personnel, Hardman’s insights into Harry’s relationships with family members are interesting.
In 2021, his and Meghan’s decision to name their baby daughter Lilibet, who was born in California and has only visited the UK briefly, aroused concerns.
Lilibet was the late Queen’s endearing childhood nickname, claimed to have originated because she couldn’t pronounce her own name properly as a youngster.
It was only ever used by her parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother, her sister, Princess Margaret, her husband, Prince Philip, and a small group of intimate friends.
At the time, a royal source informed the BBC that the Duke and Duchess did not ask the Queen if they may use it.
Other sources informed the media, particularly the Mail, that when Her Late Majesty was summoned by her grandson and his wife, she felt she couldn’t refuse.