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Meghan and Harry Make Legal Threat Over Palace Briefing on the Naming of Lilibet

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have insisted that they did ask for the queen’s blessing to name their child Lilibet, the monarch’s childhood nickname, after palace sources briefed British journalists that they had made the announcement without getting permission from the queen.

Lawyers acting on behalf of the former royals issued a legal threat after the claim was published by the BBC. A British newspaper source told The Daily Beast that a rare legal warning had gone out to the papers advising them not to repeat the allegation that Harry and Meghan had named their second child after Queen Elizabeth without asking her first.

The couple are now engaged in yet another full-scale briefing war with the palace in an episode that once again exposes the mistrust which seems to characterize the Sussexes dysfunctional relationship with the monarchy.

The couple were prodded into making an official intervention after BBC Radio 4’s flagship breakfast news program said Wednesday on its 6:30 a.m. bulletin that the BBC had been told Harry and Meghan “did not consult the queen about using her childhood nickname Lilibet for their baby… a Buckingham Palace source says she was never asked about it.”

The key briefing was apparently given to the BBC’s royal correspondent, Jonny Dymond.

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Dymond’s report tallied with a report over the weekend in The Times that said that the queen had merely been “informed” about the choice of the name rather than having had her permission explicitly sought.

Indeed, it appears from the couple’s own statement that they only sought the queen’s blessing after the child had been born—having already decided on the name they wanted to give her.

The couple’s spokesperson said, “The Duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement, in fact his grandmother was the first family member he called. During that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honor. Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.”

Rumors about the queen’s supposed unhappiness with the name have circulated for several days along with stories that the palace was blindsided by the announcement of the birth, as it took more than an hour and a half for Buckingham Palace to issue an official statement of congratulation.

In the interval between the Sussexes publicly announcing the birth and the royals officially congratulating them, the royal family’s official Twitter account posted a series of messages about an official engagement carried out by Princess Anne, suggesting, at the minimum, a lack of co-ordination.

Omid Scobie, the journalist and writer who penned the sympathetic biography of the couple, Finding Freedom, and has become an unofficial mouthpiece for the couple, disputed the BBC’s claims in tweets Wednesday. His language, citing a source, seemed to echo the official statement received by The Telegraph, saying, “A Sussex source says that the Queen was the first family Harry called after Lilibet’s birth and during that conversation, he shared the couple’s hope of naming their daughter in her honor. Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.

“Those close to Prince Harry confirm that he spoke to close family before the announcement so perhaps this report highlights just how far removed aides within the institution (who learned of the baby news alongside the rest of the world) now are from the Sussexes’ private matters.”

That may be true, but this new controversy will do little to encourage the view that the birth of the Sussexes’ second child will lead to a new era of harmonious relations between Montecito and London.

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by Anonymousreply 63June 16, 2021 10:02 PM

You are a day late, there are other threads from yesterday.

by Anonymousreply 1June 10, 2021 8:35 PM

I'm starting to think that the Queen has Alzheimer's, and she's getting senile.

She seems to be becoming very forgetful.

Too bad there's not a home for senile Royals.

by Anonymousreply 2June 10, 2021 8:35 PM

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by Anonymousreply 3June 10, 2021 8:35 PM

Lili Mountbatten is the porniest royal name that ever porned.

by Anonymousreply 4June 10, 2021 8:38 PM

They better rename that child and do it quickly.

by Anonymousreply 5June 10, 2021 8:41 PM

[quote] They better rename that child and do it quickly.

Or what?

Please.

Meghan and Harry can do whatever they want, and can name their child anything they want.

by Anonymousreply 6June 10, 2021 8:48 PM

This is being covered ad nauseam in two other threads. The legal threat is toothless, had no effect on the media outlets, who doubled down on the story, and the Palace's refusal to back the Sussex's lies ended the matter, as any lawsuit would have called the Queen a liar. Everyone knows the Queen authorised the leak to the BBC.

This is over, and Harry thought he could blister h7s way past it with yet another threat to the press.

He gambled and lost. End of.

by Anonymousreply 7June 10, 2021 9:27 PM

They'll be calling her Diana any way.

Everyone hates the name Lilibet.

by Anonymousreply 8June 10, 2021 9:42 PM

They will call her Lili. The Queen and Prince Charles need to muzzle the Firm.

by Anonymousreply 9June 10, 2021 11:29 PM

Now they pick a fight with the BBC.

I am astonished at the string of moronic things they’ve done in just the last six months.

by Anonymousreply 10June 10, 2021 11:41 PM

[quote] Now they pick a fight with the BBC.

You forget the press I delivered to the British Royal Family was MY POWER.

The sword.... cuts both ways.

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by Anonymousreply 11June 11, 2021 12:03 AM

Why can't you give me.... the RESPECT.... that I'm ENTITLED TO???!!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 12June 11, 2021 12:05 AM

Picking a fight. Gaslighting 101 make the victim the aggressor. The wider public just isn't buying it anymore. The discussions on social media overall revolve around the Brf courtiers working with the UK media this week because they were the last to know about the new baby. Mass trolling and multiple articles aren't changing that opinion.

by Anonymousreply 13June 11, 2021 12:06 AM

R13, I can't tell if your post is pro-BRF or pro-Meghan.

Could you be more clear?

by Anonymousreply 14June 11, 2021 12:09 AM

The fact the UK press moved the goalposts from 'The Sussex didn't ask permission' to 'Maybe the Queen is hearing impaired and didn't understand because of her advanced age' proves it.

by Anonymousreply 15June 11, 2021 12:10 AM

The UK press stated that The Sussex didn't ask permission from the Queen. They didn't specify source. Just said someone high up within Brf staff. Now change that into a physical fight. That was the first jab. How when Harry and Meghan jab back are they the ones always picking a fight. If you simplify it into who hit first it was the UK media and Brf staff members. It just gets disguised by gaslighting articles and mass trolling. Now the UK media get to write multiple articles on how The Sussex are always involved in drama and hurting the Queen. Click click click equals money.

by Anonymousreply 16June 11, 2021 12:17 AM

Got it, R16.

And I totally agree with you.

by Anonymousreply 17June 11, 2021 12:19 AM

The first jab was the Sussexes lying - as usual.

by Anonymousreply 18June 11, 2021 12:31 AM

Tell me again, you two, about your ongoing quest for privacy?

by Anonymousreply 19June 11, 2021 12:38 AM

Grift-naming your daughter.

by Anonymousreply 20June 11, 2021 12:58 AM

[quote] Grift-naming your daughter.

You mean like Charlotte Diana?

Yes, I totally agree.

by Anonymousreply 21June 11, 2021 2:10 AM

Lol, R20. Pretty much.

by Anonymousreply 22June 11, 2021 2:16 AM

The FIrm is at the Center of all of this drama. They and Piers Morgan’s fat ass are out of control.

by Anonymousreply 23June 11, 2021 3:28 AM

Yes, if only The Firm would allow the poor, innocent Harkles just have their privacy! The unfairness of their treatment makes one weep!

by Anonymousreply 24June 11, 2021 3:30 AM

Merchie and Merchlili

by Anonymousreply 25June 11, 2021 7:50 AM

If they hadn’t named the kid after the Queen they same crew would be yelling “Megain and Harry insult the Queen!”

by Anonymousreply 26June 11, 2021 10:27 AM

Daily Mail has constant Harry & Meghan articles with the occasional Bennifer thrown in. The tabloids have got to love them.

by Anonymousreply 27June 11, 2021 10:38 AM

R27, the Daily Fail is a racist rag.

Probably bankrolled by princess michael of KUNT.

Everyone can see it.

I wish that they would go out of business, but the klan grannies will continue to subscribe and keep them afloat.

by Anonymousreply 28June 11, 2021 4:23 PM

They didn't name the kid after the Queen, r26. The Queen's name is Elizabeth.

by Anonymousreply 29June 11, 2021 9:02 PM

And how is that legal threat going, dear, now that Britain's Head of State came out and exposed her grandson as a liar prepared to make legal threats to defend a story she confirmed was NOT false, as his threatening letter claimed?

by Anonymousreply 30June 14, 2021 11:16 AM

TBH R30, I am a (considered) a pretty bright guy in general and I don't understand most of these posts. The Queen and palace did what? When? Who says? I never heard an official announcement of anything. Neither that H and M actually made an official threat of a lawsuit.

by Anonymousreply 31June 14, 2021 12:12 PM

The Queen authorized the release. She hosted G-7 successfully. She is neither deaf or senile. The RF is sick of the Sussex lies.

by Anonymousreply 32June 15, 2021 2:47 AM

The BBC editorial board must still be smirking through the corridors at its royal pardon from the Diana-Panorama disgrace.

In one devastating swift silent right uppercut, tiny, hunched over 95 year old Gran takes out lying Sussexes and shuts them up. Leaves egg all over their faces and makes their distinguished law firm look at best foolish and at worst unprincipled.

Because she's still the Queen and she matters in a way Hatry and Meghan don't and never will,

by Anonymousreply 33June 15, 2021 9:59 AM

^* Harry (not Hatry)

But you knew that.

by Anonymousreply 34June 15, 2021 10:01 AM

Lilibet sounds like the name of a demonic child doll, the sequel to Annabelle. Ghastly name, they must really hate this child already.

by Anonymousreply 35June 15, 2021 10:28 AM

Precisely r31, there was no official announcement and no unofficial leak to back Harry up and deny the reports that the Queen had not given her approval to have the baby named Lilibet. The deafening silence from the palace after the Harkles' allegation that the BBC report was a lie is in itself proof that the BBC report was correct. The fact that both Edward and Kate avoided mentioning the baby's name when asked directly about her, with the name Lilibet in the question, underscores that.

The Harkles couldn't threaten a lawsuit because they don't have a case.

by Anonymousreply 36June 15, 2021 10:29 AM

How are they paying for everything? Harry’s $30 mill must be dwindling rapidly.

by Anonymousreply 37June 15, 2021 10:33 AM

R35 As the Queen's childhood nickname, the moniker is charming.

As the legal, formal, first name of a child who will one day be a no longer young American woman . . .

Twee doesn't begin to cover it.

by Anonymousreply 38June 15, 2021 11:43 AM

Did they actually suggest that the Queen is deaf and/or senile?

by Anonymousreply 39June 15, 2021 1:14 PM

That would surprise you? These are people who merched a funeral wreath. During a funeral.

by Anonymousreply 40June 15, 2021 1:47 PM

And used the funeral procession for photo ops.

by Anonymousreply 41June 15, 2021 1:50 PM

M and H are like the fart smell in the toilet that just won't go away.

by Anonymousreply 42June 15, 2021 1:54 PM

R42 Especially as neither give the impression of great attention to hygiene.

by Anonymousreply 43June 15, 2021 2:13 PM

Happy Pride to every one but Harry.

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by Anonymousreply 44June 15, 2021 2:36 PM

Royal people problems

by Anonymousreply 45June 15, 2021 3:06 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 46June 15, 2021 3:15 PM

Mapinduzi, Barcelona, Spain, 6 hours ago

Oh my god, they are so desperate they are willing to flog any old thing now! They are flogging their house for $17m, next it will be used cars. The trouble is their brand is so toxic they will be the kiss of death for any company or product linked with them. And what about 'leading by example' with 20 weeks maternity leave?! Maybe Harry has lost his mental health job due to being mentally unhealthy?

LilyTheOpinionator, Philadelphia, United States, 10 minutes ago

There's no changing this repulsive pair. M commandeered precious PR efforts and look what that has garnered them - they're now the laughingstock of the world and their greedy and shameless intentions have been highlighted. What company would want to poison their own brand with association of this vile pair?

by Anonymousreply 47June 15, 2021 3:17 PM

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by Anonymousreply 48June 15, 2021 3:18 PM

The ANTIMEGHAN crowd on here are only blinded by their hatred of her. First they hated the name and now they're jumping on the bandwagon of the false scandal from by the British press about the name. I mean, really, couldn't the British Press just report on the baby girl and her name being the nickname used for the Queen? WHY did they have to go down the "Meghan and Harry did not get permission to use the name" route? That is looking for drama and clicks and likes from the anti-Meghan crowd who thinks her just breathing is a crime against humanity.

by Anonymousreply 49June 15, 2021 3:24 PM

People who hate the British press ignore the fact that this was a report on BBC Radio 4 originally.

by Anonymousreply 50June 15, 2021 5:13 PM

Queen is done

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by Anonymousreply 51June 15, 2021 5:23 PM

Pats R49 on the head.

by Anonymousreply 52June 15, 2021 5:32 PM

LOL - what a ridiculous position.

They either did or did not. Whose word are people going to take - the Queen's or the Gifters?

Also, as a PR move, naming her after Diana has both upside and downside.

by Anonymousreply 53June 15, 2021 5:43 PM

R49 - I don't hate or love either but R42 makes a good point. He doesn't seem too interested in hygiene and both look slovenly most of the time.

by Anonymousreply 54June 15, 2021 6:22 PM

[quote]They either did or did not. Whose word are people going to take - the Queen's or the Gifters?

Maybe they THINK they did.

by Anonymousreply 55June 15, 2021 11:35 PM

These two are something else.

by Anonymousreply 56June 15, 2021 11:40 PM

[quote]Probably bankrolled by princess michael of KUNT.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Marie-Christine hasn't got that kind of money.

by Anonymousreply 57June 15, 2021 11:54 PM

Lilibet is an incredibly ugly-sounding name. I think celebrities do this so their kids will be more unique and a "brand". I'm indifferent when it comes to Markle but this has grasping Hollywood type written all over it. They blew the chance to simply name her "Diana", a perfectly fine name with more emotional weight than Lilibet Diana. Jesus Christ......

by Anonymousreply 58June 16, 2021 12:03 PM

Gives r52 a doggie treat. Gives IT two !

by Anonymousreply 59June 16, 2021 1:25 PM

R58 - totally fine point. Neither of the two brothers (and I don't like constipated brown-toothed Caucasian penis head William or his dim and slovenly brother) had enough courage to just name her Diana instead of kissing that old crone's butt. She's been celebrated enough...at least name one child Diana ffs. Royal twits with unremarkable wives. At least Meghan is a smart (if gauche) bitch but Kate is a frau-ish boring one.

by Anonymousreply 60June 16, 2021 3:40 PM

Princess Charlotte has both Elizabeth and Dians as part of her name. Would you like her to be Princess Diana and given a load of baggage from birth R60?

by Anonymousreply 61June 16, 2021 7:13 PM

So are they suing or was it just a strongly-worded letter from a law firm?

by Anonymousreply 62June 16, 2021 7:30 PM

Gives R59 a second pat on the head. And another out of pity.

by Anonymousreply 63June 16, 2021 10:02 PM
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