Lilibet Diana — what do we think?

[BabyBabyOh]

Harry and Megan have announced the birth of their little girl. Thoughts on the name?

Congratulations to them

@Marmaladeagain you are always part of a family even if you never speak to them again.
If William and Harry never speak again, they are still brothers. You can't change that.

So H&M announce they will use the Queen's family nickname and name their dc after the head of the "racist" institution. Naming their dc after the ultimate privileged (in the eyes of their woke fans) white woman. Sounds like another bad joke, but no.

That’s the really strange aspect, to me. Not only has the girl not had a strong Afro-American heroine’s name like Maya, Toni, Nina etc... she has NOTHING from her maternal side at all. It’s entirely a paternal-side, royalty-drenched name.

Of course they are still family and always will be.

But given they haven't had a good word to say about Harry's family for quite a while now, it's a bit odd and false to turn around and name their child after the head of that family. It's like if the baby had been a boy and they'd named it Thomas after Meghan's dad.

Where is the honouring of the black side of her family in these names? “Whitewashed” out, I think, in their need to seek attention. As a black women she should show pride in her heritage instead of avoiding it.

TM talks to the press and he’s not to be forgiven but those two give THAT interview and they expect to be cherished members of the family?!

@BabyBabyOh

Lovely name with great history but sick of hearing about them.

They stopped being active royals so I wish they were not in this news.

We should ignore them as was their wish.

I think they would of asked permission to use the name, but why not just use Lili instead? I do like the names, congratulations!

I think they're a pair of cheeky buggers. Wanting to distance themselves from the royal family then using the queen's name her father used. I'd be very pissed off if I was the queen.

What planet are these two on?!

@PresentingPercy

Millions of people have not been happy about their public way Harry has talked about his family in a negative way and in particular parenting skills. Meghan has had her long interview and lied about a secret marriage and several other things. The are, nonetheless, still part of the RF and are very much putting themselves in the public domain whilst saying they want privacy. No doubt there wont be pictures of the baby and I’d be more than happy, personally, if they shut up and disappeared from public view instead of criticising and lecturing. It’s a childish name used by a childish couple calculating how to get attention. And it worked.

100% this. Well said!

I don't like them using name, and feel (like some others) that it's a bit of an insult to the Royal Family. Harry and Meghan wanted to distance themselves from the Royal Family, and yet they call their daughter the Queen's pet name.

As has been said, they want publicity when it suits them, they want privacy when it suits them, they want to be a member of the Royal Family when it suits them, they want to use the Royal titles when it suits them, they want to bash the Royal Family when it suits them.

I used to think they were OK, and liked them as a couple, but I have really gone off them this past year and a half. They are the most irksome pair to come out of the Royal Family that I have ever known...

And Lilibet isn't even a real name FFS. No more than Liz or Betty is!

I could careless what they name their baby but I'd personally have done Diana first, what being Harry's mother and all but that's a personal choice. Whatever makes them happy, I hope they don't feel obliged to make amends or whatever.

@TatianaBis buffy is from Elizabeth??!! Oh God that's awful

@Notsogreenthumb

I could careless what they name their baby but I'd personally have done Diana first, what being Harry's mother and all but that's a personal choice. Whatever makes them happy, I hope they don't feel obliged to make amends or whatever.

Lily Diana would have been nice. It sounds lovely.

Someone on another thread yesterday suggested Doria Diana.

No. Sorry to sound rude, but Doria is not a name I would be giving my baby girl.

Wouldn't have picked it. Don't like it. Equally though, bit bored of Meghan and Harry, wish them well in their new lives. Bbbbbbbbbbbye now!

@littlepattilou I agree Lily Diana sounds nicer, I just meant in terms of sentiment I'd have put Diana first. Lilibet is not my cup of tea at all.

@Notsogreenthumb I get what you mean.

I just think Lily Diana has a better ring to it.

I like it.

And I think Archie and Lili sound lovely together for sibling names.

I actually like the fact they've stepped away from traditional rosy all names that come out over and over (they each have about 5 each!).

I also like that they have others such as Savannah, Lena, Mia, Isla, August and Lucas.

Clearly an attention seeking move designed to keep them in the spotlight. If they wanted to use family names why is no one from Meghan's side included

@DancingQueen85

Clearly an attention seeking move designed to keep them in the spotlight. If they wanted to use family names why is no one from Meghan's side included

This ^

@DancingQueen85

Clearly an attention seeking move designed to keep them in the spotlight. If they wanted to use family names why is no one from Meghan's side included

This. ^

Don't know why that posted twice!

Sorry..

Absolutely ridiculous and yet one more reason to get rid of the royals