The late monarch was “furious” that her grandson and granddaughter-in-law chose to name their daughter Lilibet after her birth on June 4, 2021.
“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 late Queen is reported to have said to one of her courtiers at that time.
Harry and Meghan insist that they received the monarch’s blessing to use her childhood nickname for her great-granddaughter; however, later reports from royal sources claim this was not true, which made the Queen “livid.” The revelation of Elizabeth II’s anger at the situation was shared in Robert Hardman‘s book, The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy.
Those close to the former working royals pushed back against the supposed “truth” of the situation. “Meghan and Harry 100 percent got permission from the queen to use the name Lilibet,” a Sussex insider spilled in January. “The report is not true. [Harry and Meghan] don’t know where this is coming from. They’re 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 spear campaign that continues against them.”
