This week the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the birth of their second child, a girl they named Lilibet, in honor of her great grandmother Queen Elizabeth [click here if you missed that].
Now palace insiders are claiming the Queen was blindsided by Meghan and Harry's decision to use her childhood nickname for their baby...
From The BBC
The Queen was not asked by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex about naming their daughter Lilibet, a Palace source has told the BBC. The source disputed reports in the wake of the announcement of the name that Prince Harry and Meghan had spoken to the Queen before the birth - claims a Palace source has since disputed.
The name "Lilibet" is heavy with personal history for Her Majesty.
The nickname was coined when then-Princess Elizabeth was just a toddler and couldn't pronounce her own name properly. Her grandfather King George V would affectionately call her Lilibet, imitating her attempts to say her name. It stuck and came to be used by close relatives.
