Lilibet

As this was the name used by Prince Phillip for his wife, what happy marriage does not have its 'specials' between husband and wife, then couldn't they and shoot me down, which am sure all who disagree surely will, not have come up with something else?
We never hear of Meghans relatives on her mother Doria's side. Does it have to be all WindsorMountbatten /Spencer?

I see that the domain name "lilibetdiana.com" was registered via an American company last Friday, the day that the baby was born, but long before it was announced to the public.

Just saying .....

I'm a bit shocked that they have used such a personal nickname, used only by close family of the Queen.

Happy thread

I think it's delightful. Lili - yes, it's delightful.

Harry is of course Henry. Like VIII who went around marrying and divorcing and chopping off of heads. I'm sure that caused some consternation at the time of his Christening. Henry Charles Albert David (saved you looking it up).

Meghan is actually Rachel. Rachel Meghan Markle.

My ex-MIL was peeved my ex-BIL didn't name one of his twin daughters after her (she's June, twins born in April and "he could have named one April, or Avril, after me").

They lost a baby by miscarriage last year. I find the unkind comments really distasteful - surely people can post on that other thread (which I shall avoid like the plague).

In my parents’ day it would have been considered bad form but there is very much a ‘because we can’ attitude these days.

It’s right up there with their, ‘Service is universal’ quote.

A parting shot because they’re going to call their daughter Lili.

To all the nasty folk proclaiming that giving a “pet” name is odd or crass or wrong - I was given a pet name to honour a beloved aunt who could not have children.
I LOVE my name.
I can understand the venom if they’d chosen a “pet’s” name! Or a fruit/ vegetable name. However choosing a family nickname or pet name has happen for decades.
I agree with the poster who feels some people have to suck the joy out of anything.
As always, these threads seem to start out cheerfully, then deteriorate into unpleasant personal opinions.
PS. Amazed how many posters know the detailed day to day thoughts of the Royals. Or are mind readers!

I think they should have stuck to Lily, then people would have recognised the nod to the Queen without taking offense at the use of a very private nickname. I am disgusted with their use of this name after all their horrendous accusations against Harry's family. I feel they've taken something special away from the Queen.

We already had a Lilly and an Archie in the family so there {grin]

Why name a child after a woman who is head of a family who
are racist, refused Meg help when she was suicidal, kept her
shut in her house for months , whose parenting skills leave much to be desired, who didn’t support Haz when his mother died, who didn’t ask Meg if she was ok - allegedly.

Why indeed Annie? I can hazard a guess, well two actually, but 'I really couldn't comment '.

Those who say we don’t know them, or it’s none of our business, or posters are nasty, and shouldn’t be commenting, I would say, sorry, but posters can comment if they want to, and they don’t have to check that anyone on here thinks their comment is acceptable. It’s called free speech. Other posters are free to disagree if they want to.
The simple fact is that Harry and Meghan have put themselves out there, and the consequence of that is that people will judge what say or do. And because they’ve put themselves out there, people are free to comment in whatever way they like.

With regard to myself, I think they’ve made a choice to give the baby a name which will link her forever to the royal family. I think that was intended because they need the royal family connections to keep on doing what they are doing. Without the royal family they would have nothing to sell.

The name Lili is lovely, and Diana is hardly a surprise. It’s the name Lilibet that has caused the comments, for very good reasons. It may be a popular name in America, but it is not here in Britain, yet. No doubt it will be soon.

My point was that people love to spoil a pleasant thread by being unpleasant. Try and prove me wrong if you’ve got a week with nothing to do.

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.

Even if I’m not a fan of H&M, they have chosen a beautiful name for their little girl.

@ Aveline. I think you are wrong. This was started as a pleasant, congratulatory thread. It then deteriorated into an opinion fest.
There was already a bitching thread for the opinionated.
My point is, why can’t some threads remain cheerful and positive. Why are they always hijacked?

Lili is a lovely name, and as baby is to be known as Lili, why call her Lilibet.? You're right Aveline,some people will wonder!!

Whatever names they had chosen would have attracted the ire of a certain sort of person and the tabloid press. Whatever they do or don’t do they are accused of being self serving or attention seeking. I don’t believe that for a minute. True, they made some mistakes at the beginning of their marriage but they were doing well and were popular wherever they went. But the tabloids and a certain type of person couldn’t accept that. They would have been brilliant. Near enough the throne to have an influence, but far enough away to be more outspoken than William and Catherine. I am not surprised that H and M have spoken out.

It’s not about the baby or names per se although I realise that is the premise of the thread but H&M again attention seeking and causing speculation as to why Lilibet was chosen when they have both trashed the Queen and the royal family for all the world to see and hear. For a couple who bang on about their privacy it’s farcical Do as I say not as I do springs to mind.

The wife of a friend of mine gets muddled at times. Her friend arrived this morning and she said about the royal baby arriving and they had called her Lillaput.

Thumbs up to CleoPanda & others who have made the choice to keep this a happy and polite thread. Isn't it lovely to have a cheerful chat!

*I'm ignoring those who, knowing there is another thread more to their taste, simply have to post their bile here - I figure it's attention seeking and I'm not playing their game.

Alioop. ???. It's one thing to speak out , but to deliberately trash your own family and lie on a regular world wide basis and not to expect an adverse reaction would be naive in the extreme. I am puzzled as to why you would want to call a child after a person you clearly despise and have criticized, and her whole family? Weird or what!

I agree with Fanny.
Lilibet is a childhood mispronunciation. Cute while she is little but what about when she is grown up. Ok, you can call her Lili, but she is still saddled with the babyish name.

It is a charming name but having thrown granny under a bus, a bit of a cheek to appropriate it.

Lilyflower

It is a charming name but having thrown granny under a bus, a bit of a cheek to appropriate it.

Precisely

It’s a lovely name, really unusual. But this couple have spent the last few months trashing the royal family. So the cynic in me wonders why they’ve chosen the queens nickname.