- Royal experts fear the Queen will be 'desperately unhappy' that Harry and Meghan have used her 'very private' and 'special' nickname Lilibet - used by Prince Philip and her grandfather George V. Piers Morgan said the choice of name was 'ironic' given the couple had spent weeks 'trashing the Royal Family and the monarchy';
- Website Lilibetdiana.com was secured up by mystery buyer on day Lili was born - two days before her arrival was made public;
- Thomas Markle today sent his 'love and best wishes' to his daughter and his new granddaughter Lilibet as he remains estranged from the Sussexes;
The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a daughter named Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, after the family nickname for the Queen and the duke's mother Princess Diana, who died in 1997. Pictured: Harry and Meghan in February
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are joined by her mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their new son, born Monday and named as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to the Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle
The new baby will be entitled to be a princess and Archie (pictured with Meghan and Harry) a prince - both with HRH styles - after the death of the Queen and when Charles becomes king. This is because they will have moved up the line of succession
Tribute: To honour his late mother the Princess of Wales, Harry has given Lilibet the middle name of Diana. Pictured: Princess Diana Cuddling Her Baby Son, Prince Harry, Aboard The Royal Yacht Britannia During Her Royal Tour Of Italy in May 2005
Lili is the couple’s second child after Archie, who is two years and one month older than her.Meghan’s estranged father Thomas Markle, who has met neither Harry nor grandson Archie, said last night: ‘I am very pleased with the announcement of the safe and healthy delivery of my new granddaughter, and I wish her and her mother all my love and best wishes!’
The new baby is the Queen’s 11th great-grandchild, and the first to be born outside the UK.
The tribute to the Queen may be seen as an olive branch after Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, plunged the Windsors into crisis with their explosive Oprah Winfrey interview in March, when they accused an unnamed royal of making a racist remark about Archie’s skin tone and claimed the royals failed to help the duchess when she was suicidal.
Buckingham Palace officials were unaware the baby had been born until the announcement came out at 5pm last night on social media.
They finally released a statement hailing the ‘happy news’ at 6.34pm, emphasising the gulf that now exists between the Sussexes and the palace.
Buckingham Palace declined to discuss when the Queen was informed of the safe arrival of her newest great-grandchild or whether she was advised of the tribute to her in Lili’s name.
The name Lilibet was coined by the Queen and used by her younger sister Margaret and their parents.
George VI once said: ‘Lilibet is my pride. Margaret is my joy.’
Lili arrived six days before what would have been the Duke of Edinburgh’s 100th birthday.
It is less than a month since Harry reportedly upset the Queen by making ‘very personal’ criticisms of her and Prince Charles’s parenting skills.
He said in a podcast in the US that he and Prince William had been made to ‘suffer’ as children with their father, telling them: ‘Well, it was like that for me, so it’s going to be like that for you.’
The Buckingham Palace statement came more than an hour after Hollywood stars such as William Shatner had shared their best wishes on Twitter.
The palace said: ‘The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been informed and are delighted with the news of the birth of a daughter for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.’
Lili is entitled to become a princess and Archie a prince when the Queen dies and Charles becomes king.
She is eighth in line to the throne, coming after Archie, and before Prince Andrew, who has dropped down a place to ninth.
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