Prince Harry 'knew baby Lilibet's name was disrespectful,' says royal author
ok.co.ukPrince Harry and Meghan Markle named their second child Lilibet after welcoming their daughter together on June 4, 2021. As a touching nod to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, decided to go with the beautiful name and the Queen was said to be supportive of their decision.
But royal author Tom Quinn now claims Harry would have known that this would be perceived as "disrespectful and instructive" to the Queen.
When Queen Elizabeth was just a toddler, she was nicknamed Lilibet because she had difficulty pronouncing her own name. In his new book, Gilded Youth An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family, Tom wrote: "Even naming this child sparked a diplomatic scuffle.
Tom continued: "Hating even to think about the admittedly labyrinthine rules of protocol that surrounded the British royal family, Meghan and Harry called her Lilibet, apparently in the belief that it would be a wonderful surprise for her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
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