told me that two different versions of events had unfolded. there is probably a sliver of a meeting point between them and it s an issue of interpretation. but let s rack back a bit. sunday night, we get an announcement from harry and meghan about the naming of their second child, their daughter, who will be lilibet diana mountbatten windsor. lilibet, as you say, is the queen s childhood nickname given to her by her grandfather and used by her closest relatives. the name she used on the funeral wreath of her dearest friend, one of her dearest friends, earl mountbatten. it means a lot, lilibet. over the next couple of days, stories start to come out from various different sources citing generally friends of prince harry that the queen has given permission for lilibet to be used, and then, as you mention, a palace source told the bbc that she was never asked. within hours, there was a response from harry and meghan s spokesperson, who said that harry
a buckingham palace source has told the bbc that the queen was never asked for permission by prince harry and meghan to name their daughter lilibet, which was the queen s childhood nickname. earlier today, the law firm schillings which acts for the couple has written to some news organisations saying that claim is false and defamatory. our royal correspondentjonny dymond says that two different versions of events had emerged. maybe it s an issue of interpretation, but let s rakitic sunday night we get an announcement from harry and meghan about the naming of their second child, their daughter will be a little bit diana mountbatten windsor. lilibet is the queen s childhood nickname, given to her by her grandfather, george v, used by her closeness and relatives. the name she used on the funeral wreath for her dearest friend, earl mountbatten. so it means a lot, lilibet. over the next couple days, stories start to come out from various different sources citing generally friends of
told the bbc that harry had spoken to the queen before the birth and he would have mentioned the name but a palace source insisted that was not the case. jonny dymond reports. the name lilibet is heavy with personal history for the queen. it was the nickname her grandfather, king george v, gave her. the name her closest relatives used, the name she used on the funeral wreath for one of her closest friends, earl mountbatten. when it was revealed on sunday that harry and meghan had named their second child, their daughter, lilibet, it was widely presumed they had first spoken to the queen and subsequent stories in the press from friends of the couple strongly suggested that harry had sought permission from his grandmother. a source close to the sussexes told the bbc that harry had spoken to the queen before the birth of his second child and would have mentioned the name. but a palace source has made it clear this was not the case. the queen, the bbc has been told, was never asked about
no aaain. though brexit has happened. here we go again- thanks- the duke and duchess of sussex did not ask the queen about using her childhood nickname lilibet for their new daughter, who was born last week. that s according to a palace source. some media reports had suggested prince harry sought permission from his grandmother, but a royal insider has told the bbc that no such conversation took place. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. the name lilibet is heavy with personal history for the queen. it was the nickname her grandfather, king george v, gave her. the name her closest relatives used, the name she used on the funeral wreath for one of her closest friends, earl mountbatten. when it was revealed on sunday that harry and meghan had named their second child, their daughter, lilibet, it was widely presumed they had first spoken to the queen and subsequent stories in the press from friends of the couple strongly suggested that harry had sought permission from his gran
childhood nickname. but a spokesperson for the duke and duchess say she was supportive. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond is here. right to differing opinions, clearly? to right to differing opinions, clearl ? ., , ., clearly? to differing accounts of what happened. clearly? to differing accounts of what happened. i clearly? to differing accounts of what happened. i think- clearly? to differing accounts of what happened. i think there i clearly? to differing accounts of what happened. i think there is| what happened. i think there is probably a sliver of a meeting point between them but let s rack back a bit, sunday nights, we get an announcement from harry and megan about the naming of their second child. lilibet as you say is that queen s childhood nickname and used by her closest relatives. the name she used on the funeral wreath for her dearest friends of mum boutsen. earl mountbatten. story started to come out from various sources that