Before death, Queen Elizabeth was 'angry' at Prince Harry and Meghan for taking 'the only thing she owned': Report
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The Sussexes’ Claim and the Queen’s Reaction
In June 2021, Harry and Meghan announced the birth of their second child, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. The couple revealed that their daughter was named after her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose family nickname was Lilibet. The name also honored Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana. At the time, it was reported that Harry had consulted with the Queen before choosing the name and that she had given her blessing.
However, not everyone in the royal family seemed to be on board with this decision. Vanity Fair reported that according to royal biographer Robert Hardman, a staff member close to the Queen revealed that Elizabeth was “as angry as I’d ever seen her” when she learned that Harry and Meghan had publicly claimed she had approved the use of her nickname. «I don’t own the palaces, I don’t own the paintings, the only thing I own is my name. And now they’ve taken that,» the Queen reportedly expressed in a moment of profound frustration.
A Royal Biographer’s Perspective
In his book, The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy, Hardman recounts how the Queen felt deeply hurt by the Sussexes’ decision, particularly because of her personal attachment to the name “Lilibet.” “It was one of the final straws for Her Majesty,” Hardman wrote, referencing
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