Sussexes bought `Lilibet' website before nod from the Queen

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have confirmed that they did buy the “Lilibet Diana” and “Lili Diana” internet domain names before their daughter's name was approved by the Queen.

The revelation will raise further questions about whether the couple sought permission from the Queen to use her pet name or rather “told” her after the baby had been born.

A spokesperson for the Sussexes said they purchased a “significant” number of domain names for a range of potential names they were considering.

It suggests that had the Queen objected, they had other names to fall back upon.

The domain name lilibetdiana.com was purchased in the U.S. on June 4, the day the baby was born and two days before the public announcement. Several days earlier, on May 31, the domain name lilidiana.com was registered, suggesting that the couple had already settled on the baby's name.

The name Lilibet was first used by the young Princess Elizabeth when she was unable to pronounce her name properly.

It has only been used by her parents, the Duke of Edinburgh and her closest friends and relatives.

The question of whether or not the Sussexes sought permission from the Queen to use the name for their second child caused a legal row after the BBC reported that they had “never asked.”

The Sussexes have always insisted that they would not have used the name if the Queen had not been “supportive” of their choice.