Queen's fury over naming of baby Lilibet: Aide says monarch was 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' after Harry and Meghan claim

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12962667/queen-elizabeth-II-fury-prince-harry-meghan-markle-baby-lilibet.html

I'm not surprised, choosing that name was so brazen

That's not what she was supposed to be annoyed about. It seems she was either annoyed that they repeated a private conversation or they said the private conversation happened when it didn't.

This was the angriest he’s ever seen her? Well I hope he wasn’t an aide for very long then and/or didn’t have much contact with the Queen, otherwise she doesn’t come out of this looking any better.

Lilibet is quite an old fashioned name

It's not any kind of name. It'a a nickname used for one woman by a handful of people until June 2021.

Sure, for the child it is not weird at all.
But if you look at what your peers called their grandparents or what your kids peers call theirs, I think you will find that the VAST majority will call them a variation of grandmother/father, as opposed to a variation of their actual name.

I have also had a school friend that called her parents by their name. It was normal for her, but it was not the norm!

But she was incensed enough to go to the press and say to them not to say they had her permission - it’s just as petty and pathetic to me. They didn’t need her permission.

Other people have been called Lilibet before the late Queen. And for her to make it very clear that they hadn’t had permission is a clear way of putting up a divide. It’s really petty.

Lilibet was used before it was a personal nickname for the late Queen? Really?.

Not everyone who dislikes H&M are racists. But every racist dislikes H&M.

Maybe those who are fixated on their hatred of H&M should think about the other type of people in their hate club.

Not every criticism of a person is hate.

It’s not a name suitable for an adult which she soon will be.

Soon will b? She’s only 2 years old.
Not only that but plenty of people have names which would probably now more suited to a child but are we all meant to only nAme our kids serious names like Judith and Mildred.

This, exactly .

Yes. There is a famous American woman called Lilibet who was born several decades ago.

It's not any kind of name. It'a a nickname used for one woman by a handful of people until June 2021.

Its definitely a name and nickname for more than one person, that’s easily disproven with a quick google. Although I didn’t realise the queens family stopped using that as a nickname for her, I hadn’t seen that anywhere?

Lilibet who?

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0827770/

You can do your own Googling you know?

Regardless, it’s old fashioned.

"It was only ever used by her parents, King George VI, the Queen Mother, and her sister, Princess Margaret, as well as her husband, Prince Philip, and a handful of close friends."

So, quite a few people then?

"Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story, by the Mail's writer Robert Hardman, currently being serialised exclusively in the Daily Mail."

Hmm. Take with a pinch of salt.

Whether it’s true or not, I’m pretty sure in private that Liz wouldn’t have been happy considering MM was pregnant with Lilibet when they did the Oprah interview. It’s ridiculous to think that the Queen would have been “supportive”.

No need to be rude.
It was a genuine query.

But they didn't name her Elizabeth. That would have been acceptable. Instead they used a private personal nickname.

Suppose, for example, that your name is Diana and as a child you were called Dideedodo by your sister and parents - and later by your husband, who used it as an affectionate pet name for you. Then, later in life one of your grandchildren more or less disowns you and your life's work and all you stand for and becomes estranged from you - and then a couple of years later he has a daughter and names her Dideedodo! Would you not be a bit miffed? I think I would be!

It was a genuine question.

This was ancient news surely? Well versed at the time ,the queen was upset by her childhood nickname being used without her say so .

I always thought it was odd they essentially copied Charlotte's name hers is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana they name their child lilibet (derived from Elizabeth) Diana just struck me as unoriginal

Ah come on now @TheOnlyOneInTheMNVillage

Ok. Yes. I can do my own googling.
Actually Lilibet Stern did not come up but Lilibet Foster did.

Of course I’m being sarcastic. It’s daft to expect other people to do your running around for you because you can’t be bothered (not you obviously).