Leave Lilibet Alone
Once again racism rears its ugly head when it comes to Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and their kids
What’s in a name? Apparently a lot when it comes to royal babies. After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, announced they were pregnant with a girl during that infamous Oprah interview, speculation began over both the name and the due date.
Earlier this week, royal watchers received their answer. Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday, June 4 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, weighing in at 7 pounds and 11 ounces, according to an announcement on Harry and Meghan’s Archewell website. A fine name if you ask me, especially considering how the first name is a direct homage to Queen Elizabeth II, Harry’s grandmother. As the story goes, the queen reportedly had difficulty pronouncing her own name as a child, and thus the moniker “Lilibet” was given by her father, King George V, according to the BBC. And the second name is in honor of Harry’s late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car crash in 1997.
