Lilibet

I bet originally it was going to be the other way around.
I like it. Its nice to have a family name. Apparently the Queen is OK with it.

Oh ye canna throw your granny aff (Under) a bus
Oh ye canna throw your granny aff (Under) a bus
Oh ye canna throw your granny cos she's your daddy's mammy,
Oh ye canna throw your granny aff (Under) a bus

My brain has been softened by the unending trail of bile.

Maybe they could have called her Senga. Nice name, no connotations.

FannyCornforth

No! Really! I thought that it was a joke!
I'm really not being nasty, but blimey
It's all shades of wrong. I can't believe it

I absolutely agree. Lilibet the was the Queens pet name and Meghan is taking the pxxx naming the child Lilibet

But they threw his daddy and his granny under a bus

ajswan

FannyCornforth

No! Really! I thought that it was a joke!
I'm really not being nasty, but blimey
It's all shades of wrong. I can't believe it

I absolutely agree. Lilibet the was the Queens pet name and Meghan is taking the pxxx naming the child Lilibet

Don't you think Harry had anything to do with it?

What am I saying? She keeps him locked in a cupboard, doesn't she?

Aveline

You are wrong Cleo Panda. People aren't objecting to the inappropriate name for this poor child because they want to spoil a pleasant thread but because they believe this self serving couple are attention seeking again. As usual.

"poor child"? Eh?

And Aveline you know what is in the head of those "people"? Must be a miserable place, in those heads.

I'm sticking with who I believe to be attention seeking here. There is another thread, go on there, or head to the Daily Mail comments, bet that is a seething cesspit today.

It's a lovely name and the families are reportedly happy. Repeating the oft used over the last 15 months - Be Kind. It hurts no-one.

But Harry wasn’t kind

I'm sure they gave as much thought to the naming of the baby as we all do for our own, therefore it feels like premeditated mischief to me.

I think it is awful and in bad taste. Harry has done nothing but slag off the royal family, and anyway that is the name The Queen Mother and Prince Philip gave to the queen.

Shall we have a competition?

Who actually first called the Queen Lilibet? So far we've had The Queen Mum, King George VI, Prince Phillip, Princess Margaret and the Queen herself. Any advance on these 5?

Nobody's mentioned Queen Mary yet, so there's an option.

Alegrias1

Shall we have a competition?

Who actually first called the Queen Lilibet? So far we've had The Queen Mum, King George VI, Prince Phillip, Princess Margaret and the Queen herself. Any advance on these 5?

Nobody's mentioned Queen Mary yet, so there's an option.

Princess Margaret is my vote. I watch ALL the channel 5 Royal Family programmes at 9pm on a Saturday (work not choice) and that's who Hugo Vickers says ?

We know that it was the Queen as she couldn't pronounce Elizabeth as a toddler and her parents and grandparents called her that as a term of affection too.

As I've known that most of my life I wonder where all the other stories came from.

Alegrias at 13.08 you stated, "Its just gossip and I'm really amazed at how long this goes on for."
I'm really amazed that today your comments on this thread are running into double figures, more than anyone else, and now you are suggesting a competition, so you must be keen to perpetuate it.

Anyway, I think it was Princess Margaret. Younger siblings often can't pronounce their elder sister's name, so a nickname comes about which the adults adopt.

I know Ellianne. I have no life.

But at least I don't feel the need to count the number of other people's contributions

The bitchfest has got well underway( as predicted)

I think it is a nice name. Honouring Great Grandmother, but in a modern way.

Not that anyone cares what I think however..... I understand that the name Lilibet was an identifier for the Queen.

Either H and M are trying to reclaim some kudos by toadying or trying to stir things up further.

As we are not likely to know the circumstances surrounding the choice of name, both thoughts are purely circumstantial.

'You pays yer money and makes yer choice'!

MrsChips

How do you find the “Royal Chat thread” as described at the top of this discussion? I didn’t realise there are other places on this group.

the way i get to all these is via the active list.
top of this page, click on active, and it's probably there.
unless the unmentionables have taken over...

Megan's scared she loses her title

Canadian gran it's not 'honouring' the Queen to give a baby the Queen's private pet name. It's breathtaking cheek.

welbeck

MrsChips

How do you find the “Royal Chat thread” as described at the top of this discussion? I didn’t realise there are other places on this group.

the way i get to all these is via the active list.
top of this page, click on active, and it's probably there.
unless the unmentionables have taken over...

You could also look on Last Hour for busy threads.

Or, if you've already posted on a thread, try I'm On

That’s your opinion * Aveline* - not a fact- was it “ breathtaking cheek” for my DS and DiL to give my pet name as a middle name for one of my GDs? I don’t think so.

veganrock if you considered those who criticise the Sussex’s
and call the criticism a bitchfest , you have no criticism of the
Oprah tv interview?

Does it really matter what they call the new baby who cares?
Yes I am putting the boot in. Sounds to me like a bit of sucking up after they have said a lot of horrible and hurtful things about the royal family when the queen was at her most vulnerable especially if it was used by Prince Philip.
They.ve got Harrison why not go the whole Scandi hog and call her Meghansdaughter.

I must be naive. I thought the names were well chosen when I heard them.

Memories of the family, even though they find them impossible to live with, for their own reasons. Too much speculation on behalf of the impossible pair.

Obviously names which suit them and make them happy, enough said.