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

🥴 was my exact reaction

@LolaSmiles

Lili is nice, but I'd prefer Lily.

I find Lilibet as a given name to be a bit incongruous with a couple who've been airing their family gripes to anyone who'll listen, accused one family of being racist, and made a public departure from a family they've deemed harmful.

The cynic is me wonders if it's all about keeping the royal links as without that they're just a pair of celebrities who want a platform to talk about themselves and lecture the rest of us.

I agree. I think there’s an element of manipulation in it too.

I think it’s too similar to Lilets

I also think that taking the very obvious nickname of the queen (perhaps without asking?) - someone you’ve slagged off publicly - is another step too far.

Seems like a boundary issue.

They probably won’t even take the child to see the queen!

I really don’t like Lilibet. It’a very old ladyish and clunky sounding. A bit too fuddy-duddy for my liking. To me it also sounds slightly made up (although I am aware it is a real name).

It’s also a little too on the nose for sucking up to the Queen (please note I don’t actually think this but this is how it comes across.) I know it’s traditional for royals to use Elizabeth as a middle name for daughters but Elizabeth kind of works in that it is a generic, universal name. Lilibet is a little too personal and too unusual to translate into direct honouring and just sounds like they’re just fawning after the Queen.

I also think that if they intend to call her Lili they should have just called her Lili/Lily. It works better with Archie and they said that they thought Archibald sounded ridiculous so decided to use Archie instead. I feel that this applies to Lilibet still.

I would have much preferred Lily/Betty/Eliza as a way to honour the Queen personally but obviously that’s not my choice 😆

Diana is nice enough as a name and is very a sweet but obvious choice. I think we would have been outraged if they hadn’t have used it! Let’s be thankful they didn’t use Diana’s childhood nickname or else we would have a Lilibet Duchess 😆

Unless they asked the Queen prior I think it is disrespectful. This was a nickname given by the Queens husband to her and he has only just died. A unique little nickname between a married couple not one to be used by others so close after his death. Lili is fine or evening Elizabeth but not Lilibet. To broadcast and have outbursts while the Queens husband was dying to me sums the couple up. Now using this name shows them as not having any idea on others feelings. My DH has a nickname for me. If he had recently died it would hurt me so much to hear the affectionate name being used. So a huge dislike from me.

@Nomorepies

I think considering the appalling way they have criticised the Queen and everything her life has been about, its a blatant attempt to maintain that money-making connection whilst sticking the knife in the back.

I just find them both gross. She's an attention seeking narc and he's too stupid to see what she has planned for them.

Couldn't have put it better myself

Attention seeking and a PR tool.

@dorangme

I agree with this. I don't think it's appropriate, someone mentioned manipulative, inthink it's in bad taste after all they've done to try and destroy the reputation of family members, they shouldn't have picked such a sentimental name belonging to the queen.

Destroy the reputation? Some family members seem quite capable of doing this themselves.

Indeed they are, but H&M have literally attached them for months on end, made money out of the Royal family and acted like entitled brats in front of the world, dragging the RF downwards - the cynic in me, which often turns out to be right, thinks it's a money making publicity making step, trying to wheedle their way back into favour again - I'm appalled by their inability to reflect on themselves or their behaviour

@coffeerose

Attention seeking and a PR tool.

Yep - hideous and greedy manipulators

Indeed they are, but H&M have literally attached them for months on end, made money out of the Royal family and acted like entitled brats in front of the world, dragging the RF downwards - the cynic in me, which often turns out to be right, thinks it's a money making publicity making step, trying to wheedle their way back into favour again - I'm appalled by their inability to reflect on themselves or their behaviour

Perhaps this is all true however it doesn't make them any worse than other Royals.

Prefer Elizabeth not sure about Lilibet or Lili to be honest.

Given Meghan makes so much of her feminist credentials then why not honour the strong women that are actually in her in her life - Oprah and Doria.

I think it's a good choice. They obviously aren't going for traditional royal names but that's ok

I think it's ok, but prefer Lily or Elizabeth. Or maybe Lilian

Pretty

I don’t love it, but that’s ok as it’s not my baby. If they have done it to build bridges then I actually think that’s great.

Their child they can call her what they want.

I think it's a surprise to no one they used Diana and why.

I do understand why some people think it feels odd not in the context of family for family sake but in the context of how Harry has been critical of them.

Had he not brought the Queen into his comments about the way she brought up Charles and then Charles brought him up - I think this would make lots of sense as clearly before he that he made a point to not make any negative comments about the Queen.

Best part is they are well, baby safely delivered, the RF has congratulated them and it might all move on.

I never like nicknames as full names. It’s also quite a departure from Archie.

It's just lovely. So pretty.

Diana is a perfect tribute, Lily is pretty. Lilibet is calculating and attention-seeking.

if love to be a fly on the wall to know what the royals actually think about this dubious choice of name Probably laughing their arses off

@JeanClaudeVanDammit

I never like nicknames as full names. It’s also quite a departure from Archie.

What girls' name would not be quite a departure from Archie? Archiella? Archiette?

It sounds nice and cute for a small child but it’s got this nicknames childish feeling so doesn’t feel as a proper grown up name imo. However I don’t like names Lili, Diana or Archie so we obviously have different taste in names.
Hope they’ve asked the Queen’s permission to use this name as it’s personal and she’s still alive.

I'm actually embarrassed for them. They really are in a world of their own.

If the Sussexes ARE simply trying to suck up, as many have alleged, then I think it's a missed opportunity. Especially if this will be their last child. Especially if it turns out that the tabloids have been wrong all this time and The Queen - who is after all 95 - is not really a vampire or an intergalactic space lizard.

They really should plan for the future. Why stop at one Power Royal when you could honour two with "Lilibet Willibet", or the full trifecta with "Lilibet Willibet Camillabet"?