LONDON — Prince Harry and his spouse, Meghan, on Sunday introduced the delivery of a daughter, whose identify, Lilibet Diana, pays tribute to Harry’s mom, Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, after a 12 months of estrangement between the couple and the British royal household.
The child, who was born Friday in Santa Barbara, Calif., will go by the identify Lili, an abbreviated model of the nickname given the queen when she was a younger lady. She is the couple’s second youngster, and her delivery provides a joyful observe to what has been a 12 months of turmoil after an interview wherein Meghan accused the household of racism and callousness after she married Harry in 2018.
In an announcement, the couple’s press secretary stated Meghan and the kid had been wholesome and again residence in Montecito, Calif., the place the couple moved final 12 months after a rancorous separation from the household.
Harry and Meghan even have a 2-year-old son, Archie. Meghan suffered a miscarriage final July, which she wrote about for The New York Occasions.
“Lili is known as after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen, whose household nickname is Lilibet,” the assertion stated. “Her center identify, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales.”
Relations between the couple and the royal household have been in deep freeze since March, when Harry and Meghan gave a sensational interview to Oprah Winfrey, wherein Meghan claimed {that a} member or family members had seen the prospect of her first youngster with nervousness due to the potential coloration of his pores and skin.