Amidst the endless controversy that surrounds Harry and Meghan, there was at least one topic that seemed to be innocuous enough: the Christian name that they chose to give their now 2-year old daughter. She was named Lilibet, a reference to the childhood nickname Elizabeth II was given by her father George VI.
The choice of name was widely seen as a rather self-conscious form of homage by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the one member of the Royal Family that both claimed to venerate. It was disliked by some courtiers who regarded its use as ‘bewildering’ and ‘rather presumptuous’. But according to Gyles Brandreth’s 2022 biography of the Queen, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, she was pleased with it, taking it as a compliment and quoted as saying ‘I hear they’re calling her “Lili”, which is very pretty and seems just right’.
This story is symptomatic of the arrogance and high-handedness that the duo remain synonymous with
There, for most people, the matter would have rested.
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