The Queen was a rather distant mother with her four children, her firstborn according to Prince Charles himself.
Instead, she was a devoted grandmother, especially to Princes William and Harry, as she spoils her great-grandchildren and gives them small gifts every time she sees them.
For this reason it is said that one of the great regrets brought to the monarchy by the resignation of his grandson Harry and his wife Meghan, Dukes of Sussex, is not being able to enjoy Archie and Lilibet, their children, since they live far away in California.
That was remedied somewhat these days, however, when the Sussexes, after months of hesitation accepted the monarch’s invitation to attend the current celebrations of her platinum anniversarywhere they came with their children.
A) Yes, Not only was the Queen able to see Archie again, but she was finally able to meet Lilibetwho was born just a year ago, the only one of Isabel’s 12 great-grandchildren to be born outside the UK.
Sources told the Daily Mail that this has fulfilled one of the big goals of Harry and Meghan’s return to the islands after their disagreements with the Windsors have garnered major headlines for the past two years.
Lilibet is possibly more famous than many of the cousins whom he does not yet know and who far exceed his eighth place in the line of succession, such as the later King George, eldest son of his uncle Prince William.
This is because she was the focus of controversy at birth when it was revealed that her parents named her Lilibet Diana. The second name, commemorating her late grandmother, Diana of Wales, was almost a given, but the choice of the first divided opinions.
Lilibet is the second daughter of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who now live in California. – Photo: REUTERSLilibet is the name by which Queen Elizabeth is known both in the royal family and among their contemporary relatives in the other monarchies.
For example, this is what King Juan Carlos of Spain calls her, her distant cousin whose son, now King Felipe VI, grew up with her as “Aunt Lilibet”.
However, over the years and with the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, Elizabeth’s only sister, invoking the Queen Lilibet became a privilege reserved only for her husband, Prince Philip.
As a result of his death on April 9 last year, it was believed the nickname became just a family anecdote.
However, two months after his grandfather’s death, Harry saved the name by giving it to his baby.
At that time, the news of the hangover was still fresh. Allegations (for example racism) that he and Meghan had made against the royal family in his interview with Oprah Winfrey and caused outrage in the UK.
The British paid massive tribute to Queen Elizabeth for her 70 years on the throne. – Photo: REUTERSNewspapers like the Daily Mail, which have always given the Sussexes very bad press, have been responsible for selling the idea that this was daring. For days there was debate as to whether they asked the Queen for permission to name the innocent baby that.
The fact is that Lilibet already knew Lilibet, a nickname which, after the frivolous discussion, is reminiscent of the girl who was once the longest-lived monarch on the throne of Great Britain, born in 1926.
Lilibet’s nickname dates back to when she was a baby, little Princess Elizabeth of York, and was completely “pussy” to her grandfather, King George V, who fainted for his eldest granddaughter.
That was quite a rarity as he was a notoriously brave father. So much so that his children, future Kings Edward VIII and George VI (Queen’s father) and his other brothers were afraid of him.
but with Isabel his character softenedand it was not uncommon to find him on the floor, him so rigid, distracting her, searching under the furniture for his toys, or doing anything she asked him to do.
It is said that amidst this special relationship, it was grandfather Jorge who started calling her Lilibet.
Others are more for a different version and it’s that she was the one that got so small. Faced with the difficulty of pronouncing her name Elizabeth, she pronounced Tilabet, which became Lilibet.
However, by choosing this name for his daughter, Harry found another way to perpetuate the memory of his great-grandmother.