Earlier this month, during the Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth finally had the chance to meet Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter, Lilibet (who happened to be named after her great-grandmother).
While there were tragically no pictures of the meeting (at least none intended for the eyes of people who aren’t part of the royal family’s most trusted inner circle), some tiny bits of information about the iconic moment have leaked out via royal media. One fact that seems to be fairly universally accepted as the truth about the Great Gathering of the Lilibets is that it was fairly short in time (reportedly less than an hour).
Considering how long the Queen had to wait to meet little Lili (almost exactly a year after her birth) and how distant the Sussex family lives from the rest of the royals these days, the brevity of the generational meeting place came as a surprise to some royal fans / lit flames of fear Harry’s relationship with the Queen is in a bad place. However, according to royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti, that’s 100% not the case (which, emphatically, whew).
“She worked very hard to maintain her strength,” Sacerdoti told Us Weekly. “I think it’s totally understandable that she saved her energy as much as possible for all the events she wanted to attend when she could.”
Of course, this totally follows considering the Queen has had to skip several public appearances lately, including many events during the anniversary itself.
“We’re talking about someone in their 90s and a baby,” Sacerdoti added, presumably to demonstrate the very obvious common sense why the meeting was being held on the shorter side.
Considering the number of people in the so-called prime years of their lives who need a nap (*raises hand and looks around for others*) after an hour of high pressure with someone new, the hour-long hang session the Lilibets seems very, very fair.
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