Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not ask the Queen for permission to name their daughter Lilibet, it was sensationally revealed today.
Senior Buckingham Palace sources confirmed to BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond this morning that the Queen was ‘never asked’ her opinion on the couple’s decision to name their second child after her.
The bombshell briefing from senior palace aides refutes claims from sources close to Harry and Meghan who told the BBC and other media sources that the couple had asked the Queen for permission before naming their daughter Lilibet – the monarch’s nickname coined when she was a child.
But in another twist to an increasingly muddled saga, Omid Scobie, a close friend of the Sussexes, slapped down the BBC’s report just an hour later and insisted the Queen was the first person Harry called after the birth of his daughter.
Mr Scobie also said that the couple would not have used the name Lilibet if the Queen had not been supportive of the move.