Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly left "shocked" by the public's reaction to the claim that Queen Elizabeth was left "angry" at the couple's statement following the birth of their daughter, Lilibet, June 2021.
Robert Hardman's biography, Charles III: New King, New Court.The Inside Story, serialised in the Daily Mail, reveals that one member of staff said that Queen Elizabeth was "as angry as I'd ever seen her" after the Sussexes' claimed they had her blessing to use her childhood nickname for their daughter.
According to the author, the Queen told aides: "I don't own the palaces. I don't own the paintings, the only thing I own is my name.
And now they've taken that." The Sussexes were reportedly left shocked, with an insider saying: "Meghan and Harry 100 percent got permission from the Queen to use the name Lilibet.The report is not true. "They don’t know where this is coming from.They are 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 smear 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." The couple have also been accused of "making problems" for their daughter by Royal Holloway professor Pauline Maclaran who suggested that the controversy could haunt Lilibet for years to come.
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