A Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II
LILIBET MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor was a year old before she met the Queen. The tot – named in tribute to her great-grandmother, who couldn’t pronounce her full name when very young – was introduced to Her Majesty at Windsor Castle, with her parents and big brother, who were in the UK for the Platinum Jubilee.
The Queen’s 11th greatgrandchild was the first born outside the UK, and Buckingham Palace said the Queen was “delighted” at her arrival on 4 June 2021.
On announcing Lilibet’s birth, Harry and Meghan explained: “Lili is named after her greatgrandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honour her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales.”
‘Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen’
Seventh in line to the throne, Lili, like Archie, was born without a title, but she is entitled to be a Princess now that her grandfather has become monarch.
BORN IN THE USA
The couple told of their joy at discovering they were expecting a girl, revealing their baby’s gender to talk-show host Oprah Winfrey during a televised interview. “To have any child, any one or any two, would have been amazing,” Harry said. “But to have a boy and then a girl – I mean, what more can you ask for?”
Like her brother, Lili is being raised in the US following her parents’ move there after stepping down as working royals. While this means she did not have the opportunity to get to know her great-grandmother and namesake, her sweet nickname lives on.