{"id":203751,"date":"2026-04-20T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:11:36","slug":"queen-elizabeth-furious-at-meghan-prince-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203751\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth \u2018Furious\u2019 at Meghan &#038; Prince Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upon hearing her great grandaughter\u2019s name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/tag\/queen-elizabeth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a> was very angry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/tag\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> chose the monarch\u2019s nickname, Lilibet, for their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen received the childhood nickname after struggling to pronounce Elizabeth as a child. She received the nickname from her grandfather, King George V, and it became a very personal lifelong moniker.<\/p>\n<p>Past reports have said the late monarch was happy for her name to be used<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271711942.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle \" class=\"wp-image-1111351\"  \/>Photo Credit: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Vickers, royal historian and author of a new biography, Queen Elizabeth: A Personal History, criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-odious-naming-daughter-lilibet-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Radar<\/a>. He contends only family referred to Elizabeth as Lilibet. <\/p>\n<p>According to Hugo, the Queen was \u201cfurious\u201d when she found out Lilibet, born in 2021, had her nickname. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVBV8Pt89mSFIFfZBPkWUoB6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Daily T podcast<\/a>, Hugo said, \u201cOh, well, that was odious. To use the queen\u2019s name that was used by her actual private family? No. That\u2019s absolutely shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the Queen didn\u2019t get a heads up or give her approval, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/02\/author-claims-queen-elizabeth-wary-meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she was very upset<\/a>, Hugo alleges. \u201cShe said they did, but no, they didn\u2019t. No, the queen was furious,\u201d the author alleges.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/10\/queen-elizabeth-prince-harry-meghan-markle-daughter-princess-lilibet-meeting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their daughter was born<\/a>, there were contradictory reports about whether or not Harry received Elizabeth\u2019s blessing to use Lilibet or if she thought he meant to use her given name, Elizabeth. <\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan\u2019s rep insisted they \u201c100% got permission\u201d for their daughter\u2019s name and would only have chosen it with the Queen\u2019s approval. However, a Buckingham Palace source said they never did get the green light.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2024 biography, Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story, royal author Robert Jobson wrote that Elizabeth told her palace aides, \u201cI don\u2019t own the palaces, I don\u2019t own the paintings, the only thing I own is my name. And now they\u2019ve taken that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TELL US \u2013 SHOULD HARRY AND MEGHAN HAVE NAMED THEIR DAUGHTER LILIBET?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Upon hearing her great grandaughter\u2019s name, Queen Elizabeth was very angry. 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