She’s our GRANDMOTHER
She may have ruled Britain for 70 years, but to her great-grandchildren she was known simply as “Gan-Gan”
QI learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother. Prince William
ueen Elizabeth has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral, surrounded by her family. She leaves behind eight grandchildren: Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor, and James, Viscount Severn plus 12 great-grandchildren, including 9-year-old future King, Prince George.
Prince William, 40, spoke a lot about his relationship with the Queen during her reign, telling ABC News in a 2012 interview, “I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.”
His brother, Harry, told the outlet that “behind closed doors, she’s our grandmother, it’s as simple as that.”
Last year he paid tribute to the Queen during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying: “I’ve spoken more to my grandmother in the past year than I have done for many, many years. My grandmother and I have a really good relationship and an understanding . . .
“She’s my colonel-in-chief, right? She always will be.”
The Queen’s 12 greatgrandchildren are: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Savannah Phillips, Isla Phillips, Mia Tindall, Lena Tindall, Lucas Tindall, August Philip Hawkes Brooksbank, and Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.
She met her youngest greatgrandchild and her namesake Lilibet during her Platinum Jubilee, but denied Harry and Meghan’s request to have a photographer present.
It was her first great-grandchild, Prince George, who came up with the nickname “Gan-Gan”.
George has been photographed on several occasions alongside the Queen in official portraits. During the Platinum Jubilee, he was pictured speaking with his great-grandmother as they stood together on the balcony.
Princess Charlotte, whose middle names are Elizabeth and Diana in tribute to the Queen and to William’s mum, shares a love of horses with the Queen.
William and Kate’s third child, Louis, stole the limelight at the Queen’s Jubilee, delighting the crowds as he chatted away to his grandmother at Trooping the Colour.
The Queen’s granddaughter Zara has three children with husband Mike: Mia, Lena and Lucas Philip, named after the Queen’s late husband.
The Queen was one of the first members of the royal family to meet Harry and Meghan’s first child, Archie, when the couple brought him to Windsor Castle days after his birth. It’s understood the Queen continued to video call the Sussexes after their move to the US, and would chat with Archie during the calls.
Princess Eugenie’s son, August Philip Hawkes Brooksbank, was born in February 2021, and was christened with the Queen in attendance. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born in July 2021 in California, named in tribute to Elizabeth and to Harry’s late mother. Sources claimed Harry asked the Queen for permission to use her deeply personal childhood nickname.
The Queen’s youngest greatgrandchild, Sienna Mapelli Mozzi, was born to Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter, Beatrice, and her husband, Edo. She has never been seen in public.