Queen Elizabeth ‘infuriated’ over Harry, Meghan naming daughter Lilibet: report

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

The late Queen Elizabeth was “infuriated” by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s claim that she had given her blessing for their daughter to be named Lilibet, a bombshell new book has revealed.

Author and royal expert Robert Hardman’s new biography, “Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story,” reveals that a member of staff said the late monarch, who died in Sept. 2022, was “as angry as I’d ever seen her” after Harry and Meghan released their statement.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their baby daughter in 2021 and lovingly named her Lilibet, which was the late Queen’s nickname among loved ones.

The touching nod to Harry’s grandmother did not go unnoticed, and seemingly struck a nerve within the Firm, according to the new book.

According to the Daily Mail, one member of staff, Hardman wrote, “privately recalled that the Queen 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.”

In an excerpt shared with the outlet, Hardman continued, “The couple then fired off warnings of legal action against anyone who dared to suggest otherwise, as the BBC had done.

“However, when the Sussexes tried to co-opt the Palace into propping up their version of events, they were rebuffed.”

“Once again, it was a case of ‘recollections may vary’ — the late Queen’s reaction to the Oprah Winfrey interview — as far as Her Majesty was concerned,” he continued.

“Those noisy threats of legal action evaporated and the libel action against the BBC never materialized.”

At the time, the BBC reported that Her Late Majesty was not asked for her blessing to use the name.

The report contradicted Harry and Meghan’s statement, which said that Harry had asked his grandmother for her blessing, and would not have used the name if she had not been “supportive.”

A spokesperson for the Sussexes said at the time, “The duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement — in fact, his grandmother was the first family member he called.

“During that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honor. Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.”

The Post has reached out to Buckingham Palace and reps for the Sussexes for comment.

Elsewhere, Hardman described palace staff as being “interested” in Harry’s protocol-shattering memoir, “Spare,” for “what had been omitted.”

The bombshell book, which was released in January 2023, left no stone unturned as he dished on all the family drama within the Firm.

Hardman’s book also quoted King Charles’ friend, who said the monarch is “extremely sad” about the ongoing rift between the two camps.

However, that is now accompanied by a “sense of exasperation, that he has done what he can and now he is King, there are many more things to think about,” he adds.

According to palace sources, Charles has “tried listening” but is now “just getting on” with his life, and giving Harry his “space.”