Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor

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Harry and Megan have just announced their new baby's name.

What's everyone's thoughts?

8t’s also such an invasion of the Queen’s privacy*

And what if the Queen is delighted with their choice of name, which they asked her about in advance most likely?
Is that still 'an invasion of privacy'?

At least they didnt call their baby 'Cabbage'. P Philip's pet name for her. 😂

Lovely name, lovely that they have a healthy new baby.

Not sure about their intentions naming her after the Queen after all the dragging through the mud and airing dirty laundry they've done recently but 🤷🏼‍♀️

It is a lovely name.

@Marguerite2000 why would you have to know all American names to prove you're not ignorant. You just need to be aware that other cultures have different spellings & often different languages. I don't think it's hard but it's very evident on the baby name boards that posters are incredibly sheltered.

'So you don’t speak to the family, publicly call them racist and say they are unsupportive blah blah blah, but you name their child after them.That’s bizarre.DH has no contact with his parents. He would never name our daughter after them'

It is a bit bizarre but extremely mixed messages is their MO as we have all witnessed..

It might have been better if they'd just called the baby Lily. Maybe Lily Elizabeth Diana.

Perhaps 'Thomasina' would have gone some way to repairing the rift with her father?

What... the father who sold her private letters to the Press? That one?

toooldandtired

I have fixed that problem. Hence Doriana. Maybe Doris for short. Someone upthread asked if I'd let them know, but I've got 2 Harry's in my phone and I can't remember which is the Prince and which one just works at the Prince pub.

To me it is a gross assumption of intimacy to appropriate it for their child.

What do you mean “assumption of intimacy”? Firstly, Harry is her grandson, and secondly, you’ve no idea what conversations they’ve had with the queen about it. Maybe the queen demanded they use the name as a way of honouring her.

(That was a joke!)

@ApplyWithin

It’s also such an invasion of the Queen’s privacy. Yes, I know we all know her immediate family called her Lilibet but it was very much a pet name only used by her closest loved ones. To me it is a gross assumption of intimacy to appropriate it for their child.

Lily Diana on its own perfectly lovely name.

I agree. When I saw the first thread I thought it was a joke or speculation on the possible name. I didn’t think even they would be so crass. Unless of course they have the queen’s full approval but I doubt it.

I was referring to the OW interview. They don't just have a family row, they go on international television and announce it.

Isn't that what Royals do though?

I do like the name, but what a name to saddle a child you want to shield from press attention.

@CokeDrinker

If they named her Kelly or Maddison or Leila or Lydia or Jody the nasty people who hate them will say they were using American names to stick it to the royals.

No matter what they named her, the haters would have something to say. They would sit back and think of something nasty.

And if they had named after Meghan's side they would have been accused of snubbing HM, PP , PC and anyone else. The good thing is they have chosen a name they want for their child and I am sure HM is delighted!

From memory, I don't think that Harry had to ask the Queen's permission to name his children, he was too far down the line of succession when Archie was born

Regardless of her position as HMQ, I think they should have asked* Harry's grandmother if she minded her nickname being used. I have friend who goes by her nickname with all family members, including extended family. Her niece was given her (my friend's) birth name, so they now have the same first and last name. She said to me that it would have be nice if they had asked.

*And they might have asked. I have no idea.

@DateLoaf

I have to be honest I wonder how HMQ must feel about this. It’s her lifelong private family nickname based on a cute little childhood thing, not a real name. Her late parents and her late husband called her it. Her grandkids like Harry presumably just call her granny. It feels off key to make her private life nickname into a very public formal first name for one of the great-grandchildren, somehow. The Queen’s private life from what we know of it, probably being a very precious commodity to her.

A tribute to the Queen would have been to use her actual name, Elizabeth, which carries the nice religious meaning, rather than to use her private life name. Diana is a lovely choice as a middle name. It would have been nice to use Doria’s name or give a nod to her in the names as well though. I wish the whole family all the best and I’m sure soon it will feel very normal and nice as a name, as all babies’ names come to do.

It IS a real actual name, I know two Lillibets (double l, mind), one in their 50s, the other 62 - neither live in the UK and neither are named after the Queen (yep I asked). Just because you haven't heard of it outside the Queen doesn't mean it isn't a "real name".

It is. Has been for decades.

Congratulations and good luck to them.I think Meghan will have to change her name now to 'Meghie' as her husband and children all have 'ie' sounding names.

I like the Lily but Lili (the apparent spelling) looks tacky to me.

Also, MAJOR arse-licking through the choice of names.

I think some posters ought to get onto SM and advise H&M to change the name quick to their choices. There's been quite a few suggestions on here, and if you get a wriggle on, they just might change their minds before they register the names they've chosen!

@CokeDrinker

I imagine it’ll just be a coincidence then, that it’s the Queen’s private family nickname too.

I expect since Prince Phillip passed away there is no-one left that calls her Majesty Lilibet.

Excellent choice.

I think it seems a strange choice considering the rift, but I think everything they do is to be dramatic and a talking point as they have to stay relevant if they're going to build a brand.

He used to call her 'cabbage' not Lilibet.

I think Lilibet was from childhood or something

'Also, MAJOR arse-licking through the choice of names.'

It does seem odd. Slate the institution on national telly yet name the baby after the head of said institution. Self awareness is not their forte.