Prince Harry sought the Queen's blessing before naming his daughter, Lilibet, after her.
, her parents, and a few of her closest friends. It is a surprisingly intimate name to use, and holds even more sentimental meaning when paired with Diana, the name of Harry’s late mother. But according to a friend of the Duke’s, “He loves and respects his grandmother. For Harry these are two very important and meaningful names.”
Bedell Smith suggests, though, that the named “Elizabeth” might have been more appropriate. “Harry and Meghan could have paid the Queen a far more dignified tribute by calling their daughter her great-grandmother's proper name, Elizabeth,” she said. “They would have been even better off calling the baby Diana Elizabeth. Nobody could possibly have objected to that. In fact, paying tribute to the baby's late grandmother that way would have been widely applauded.
“My memory drifts back to the lovely Margaret Rhodes, the Queen's first cousin,” Bedell Smith said. “I had many conversations with Margaret, who called the Queen "Lilibet" when they were together. But like the rest of the family, she always referred to her cousin as Her Majesty or The Queen when discussing her.
Yesterday Buckingham Palace said that the Queen was delighted at the news of the birth. Meanwhile the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took to Instagram to congratulate the Sussexes, using the name “Lili” but not “Lilibet.”
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