Meghan Markle reportedly “copyrighted” her daughter’s name before she was born, a royal expert has previously claimed. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, and Prince Harry, 41, welcomed their daughter into the world in 2021, just two years after the birth of their son, Prince Archie.
Soon after their daughter was born, Meghan and Harry confirmed she was to be called Lilibet – a sweet nod to Queen Elizabeth II, who had been called the name Lilibet by her loved ones since she was a toddler. While this was considered a nice gesture to Harry’s grandmother, not everyone thought so, with claims that the late Queen was “furious” that her pet name had been used.
It was also claimed that Meghan had actually copyrighted the name – a claim made by royal biographer Angela Levin.
When discussing the late Queen’s upset about the name, Levin told GB News: “I think one of the reasons she felt that way was because it was discovered that Meghan, even before Lilibet was born, had taken out the names officially so that she could use them to buy things and to identify them.”
While the late Queen had never personally said she was upset by the use of the name, various royal experts said she did in fact feel unhappy by the decision.
This is despite the fact Harry and Meghan claimed they sought her permission.
In his book Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story, royal biographer Robert wrote: “One [aide] privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been ‘as angry as I’d ever seen her’ in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter ‘Lilibet’, the Queen’s childhood nickname.”
Hardman said the late monarch told Palace aides: “I don’t own the palaces or the paintings, only my name, and now they’ve taken that.”
Queen Elizabeth II only met her great granddaughter Lilibet once when Harry and Meghan brought her to the UK in 2022.
This is something Prince Harry spoke about in his memoir Spare. He wrote: “Archie was making deep, chivalrous bows, his baby sister Lilibet cuddling the monarch’s shins.
“She’d (the late Queen) expected them to be a bit more… American, I think? Meaning, in her mind, more rambunctious.”