GOT A DAUGHTER: The baby was born Friday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California, according to an official statement. Photo: Hannah Mckay / Reuters
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The daughter is named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, and is named after her great-grandmother and grandmother.
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Lili was born on Friday, June 4, at 11:40 a.m. at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in the coastal city of Santa Barbara, California, according to an official statement, writes BBC.
The little girl weighed 7.11 pounds, which equates to about 3487 grams.
Mother and child are fine, says a spokesperson for Variety. They are back in their home in Santa Barbara.
The duke and the duchess enjoy time as a family, the spokesperson writes in the statement.
“Lili” is named after great-grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen.
Her middle name, Diana, has been chosen to honor her late grandmother, the Princess of Wales.
– The duke and duchess thank for good wishes and prayers while enjoying this special time as a family, writes a representative of the couple.
Lili is Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry’s second child. In 2019, Meghan gave birth to son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in St. George’s Chapel in Windsor in May 2018.
Duchess Catherine and Prince William congratulate Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and Archie on the new family member.
– We are happy after hearing the happy news about baby Lili’s arrival, they write on Instagram.
“Henrykt”
Queen Elisabeth expresses joy over the news of the latest great-grandchild in a statement from the British Royal Family, writes The Mirror.
“The Queen, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have all been informed and are delighted with the news of the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter,” said a Buckingham Palace spokesman.
NAMED: Prince Harry together with his mother Diana in 1995. The daughter of Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry will be named Diana by middle name.
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Could not pronounce his name
In 2018, Hello wrote that Her Majesty the Queen has had the nickname “Lilibet” all her life, because she could not pronounce the name “Elizabeth” when she was little.
Prince Philip referred to her by this nickname, and the queen used to sign letters with the nickname “Lilibet”.
Accusations of racism
In April, the Duke and Duchess were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry then claimed that members of the British royal family must have been worried about how dark skin their first child would get.
– At the same time as I was pregnant and there was talk that Archie did not get security and the title of prince, there were also conversations and worries about how dark skin he wanted when he was born, Duchess Meghan claims the exclusive interview.
She even has an African-American mother.
– What? Wait a minute now. What are you saying, exclaims Oprah Winfrey, who interviewed Meghan and Prince Harry.
– Who said this, she adds.
– There were conversations with Harry, I do not think I should say who he had those conversations with, it can be very harmful for those concerned. But it was about how dark the child was going to be, and what it “could potentially mean and look like”.
Buckingham Palace did not comment on the allegations in the interview.
The statement came, according to BBC, i in the wake of Buckingham Palace’s statement that they have started an investigation into allegations that Meghan has bullied employees.
Wanted two children
The couple announced their pregnancy in February, and revealed during the famous Oprah Winfrey interview in March that they were expecting a girl.
In the interview, they made it clear that they wanted two children, and that they did not want more children after the birth.
“Having a child, one or more, is wonderful. But having a boy and a girl, what more could you ask for? ” said the Duke to Oprah Winfrey in March.
—-Duchess Meghan, Prince Harry with Her Majesty the Queen. Foto: JOHN STILLWELL / POOL
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