Hugo Vickers Slams Harry & Meghan for Lilibet Name

0:00On April 20th, Royal historian Hugo Vickers just slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for naming their daughter Lillibit after Queen Elizabeth of the Second's super-private childhood nickname. He called the move straight-up odious on a podcast, saying the late Queen was furious when she heard about it back in June 2021. That nickname Lillibit came from the young princess struggling to say Elizabeth, so her grandpa King George V turned it into this loving family, secret. Her dad, King George VI, treasured it, and even Prince Philip kept using it till his death. That April, signing notes with it during their 73-year marriage. Vickers dropped his bomb while chatting about his new book on the Queen, leaving co-host Tim Stanley and Camilla Tommony shot. They even asked if it wasn't kind of sweet, but he wasn't having it, doubling down on how personal and off-limits it was. The Sussexes insist they got the Queen's full blessing during a call and wouldn't have used it otherwise.

1:00But a Buckingham Palace insider told the BBC she wasn't asked at all and was dead set against it, while Royal author Robert Jopson quotes AIDS saying, she was as angry as they'd ever seen her. She reportedly told her team, the only thing she truly owns is her name, and now they've taken that. This viewed over Lillibit keeps stirring up old royal drama years later. That wraps entertainment and celebrity news today. Brought to you with AI.