Harry and Meghan deny that they have not informed Queen Elizabeth of the intention to call their second child Lilibet and through their lawyers accuse the BBC of having spread “false and defamatory” news. The quarrel between the dukes of Sussex and Buckingham Palace after the birth, last Friday of the little Lilibet Diana, named in honor of the sovereign (Lilibet is the diminutive with which Elizabeth was called by Prince Philip) and of the mother of Harry, the Princess of Wales who died tragically in 1997.
The British public broadcaster, citing an anonymous source in Buckingham Palace, had reported this morning that the Queen had not been asked for permission to use her diminutive and that this ‘rudeness’ had angered Elizabeth. Shortly after, the denial of Harry and Meghan came that from California, through their lawyers, they sent a letter to various media, telling them not to relaunch the news of the BBC. And if on the one hand Buckingham Palace did not deny the news of the BBC, on the other a spokesman for Harry and Meghan reiterated to the Telegraph that the prince had certainly discussed the issue of the name with his family and in particular with his grandmother, the Queen Elizabeth.
“The duke (Harry) spoke to his family before the announcement, in fact, the grandmother was the first person he spoke to,” the couple’s spokesman said adding that if the queen was not in favor, ” they would never use his name. ” It is not clear, however, whether the conversation between Harry and Queen Elizabeth took place before the birth of little Lilibet Diana or in the period between the birth and the announcement of the name.