{"id":62556,"date":"2025-06-03T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62556"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:46:59","slug":"harry-and-meghans-extraordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62556","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan\u2019s extraordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prince Harry and Meghan named their daughter Lilibet in June 2021. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New details about how Prince Harry and Meghan approached the late Queen Elizabeth II about using her nickname for their daughter have surfaced after some telling remarks in the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s recent podcast finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2021, the couple announced the birth of their second child, whom they called Lilibet in a nod to what close family had called the late monarch from childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry and Meghan insisted that she had given her blessing, but it was later claimed by author Robert Hardman in his biography, King Charles III: The Inside Story<\/em>, that she was furious at that assertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duke and duchess later instructed their London-based law firm to issue a threatening legal letter to the BBC over a report claiming they had \u201cnever asked\u201d for the late Queen\u2019s permission to use \u201cLilibet\u201d, calling it \u201cfalse and defamatory\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, rather than confirming their version of events, the UK\u2019s Daily Telegraph<\/em> reported at the time that the Palace refused to deny the BBC\u2019s suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publication further added that the Queen was \u201ctold\u201d about the name after the baby was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just last week, Meghan issued advice to expectant mothers about how to approach naming newborns, warning them never to tell anyone what they\u2019re planning on using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will say this to every woman in the world or every person in the world who\u2019s going to have a child; if you have an idea about what you are going to name that baby, you keep it so close to your heart, until that baby is born and it\u2019s named. Don\u2019t ask anyone\u2019s opinion,\u201d she said on her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry and Meghan are parents to Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A source has now backed up earlier claims to the Daily Mail<\/em> that the couple had, in fact, only told the late Queen about the use of her name after the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarry and Meghan presented this to the Queen as: \u2018We\u2019re going to call her Lilibet. Isn\u2019t that great?\u2019\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe palace version was that they didn\u2019t ask. The Queen was asked to prop up their version of events that didn\u2019t match her own. She wasn\u2019t furious about using the name Lilibet, it was the way it was handled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the earlier furore, a spokesman for the Sussexes told People<\/em> magazine: \u201cThe duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement, in fact, his grandmother was the first family member he called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honour. Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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