Queen Elizabeth Was 'Angry' At Meghan Markle & Prince Harry For Claiming She Approved Lilibet's Name?!
15.01.2024 - 17:23
/ perezhilton.com
OMG… Was Queen Elizabeth II not a fan of Princess Lilibet being named after her?!?
In the upcoming book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story., which will be out on Thursday, a royal aide claims Her Majesty was FURIOUS with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for claiming she approved of them naming their daughter after her! Yikes!
In an excerpt shared with DailyMail.com on Monday, the insider claims Elizabeth was “as angry as I’d ever seen her” after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex publicly stated that they wouldn’t have named their baby girl after her childhood nickname if she hadn’t been “supportive.” Jeez…
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this allegation. It comes two years after a palace insider told the BBC that the late monarch was “never asked” her opinion on Lilibet’s name before her birth in June 2021. BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond tweeted at the time:
Meanwhile, royal sources confirmed to Page Six that the Spare author did call and chat with his grandmother after the Suits alum gave birth — but another insider thinks he likely still didn’t ask for permission to use the moniker:
Oof. Not great.
But the Sussexes fought back at allegations with their spokesman saying at the time, via the Daily Mail:
They even threatened legal action against outlets like the BBC who were running with the narrative that the matriarch wasn’t approving of the name — something author Robert Hardman elaborated on in the bombshell book, writing:
Whoa!
Following Lilibet’s birth, Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the whole family, saying they had “been informed and [were] delighted with the news of the birth of a daughter for The Duke