Queen Elizabeth II and the royal household have congratulated Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the delivery of their daughter whom they’ve named Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor after the monarch and his late mom Princess Diana.
That is the second baby for the US-based couple, who’ve a two-year-old son named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Their daughter can be the monarch’s 11th great-grandchild.
The royals, together with Harry’s father Prince Charles and brother Prince William, have been delighted with the information of the delivery of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s child lady in Los Angeles on Friday, the Buckingham Palace stated in an announcement on Sunday.
Harry and Meghan’s second baby is known as after the Queen, who was affectionately nicknamed Lilibet by her household, and her late grandmother, Princess Diana, it stated.
Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the delivery of Lilibet Diana! The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted with the information.
Lilibet is Her Majesty’s 11th great-grandchild. pic.twitter.com/dGVeRpd3pK
— The Royal Household (@RoyalFamily) June 6, 2021
“Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the delivery of Lilibet Diana,” the assertion stated.
“The Queen, the Prince of Wales (Charles) and The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (William and Kate Middleton) are delighted with the information,” it stated.
William and Kate tweeted individually from their Kensington Palace Twitter account to say: “We’re all delighted by the pleased information of the arrival of child Lili. Congratulations to Harry, Meghan and Archie.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson additionally despatched a message of goodwill by Twitter, saying: “Many congratulations to the Duke & Duchess of Sussex on the delivery of their daughter.”
Lili is the primary of the Queen’s great-grandchildren to be born exterior the UK as Harry and Meghan relocated to California within the US final yr after they stepped again as frontline royals.
An announcement from the couple’s press secretary stated that their second baby was born at 11:40 am on Friday.
“It’s with nice pleasure that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world. Lili was born on Friday, June Four at 11:40 am within the trusted care of the medical doctors and employees at Santa Barbara
Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California,” the assertion stated.
The brand new-born weighed 7 lbs 11 oz (3.48 kg), and each mom and baby are stated to be “wholesome and nicely” and settling in at residence, it stated.
“Lili is known as after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen, whose household nickname is Lilibet. Her center title, Diana, was chosen to honour her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales,” the official assertion from the couple stated.
Harry and Meghan, who stay in Montecito, at the moment are on parental go away and on their official Archewell web site, they’ve elaborated on the arrival of their child daughter, it stated.
Many congratulations to The Duke & Duchess of Sussex on the delivery of their daughter.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) June 6, 2021
“On June 4, we have been blessed with the arrival of our daughter, Lili. She is greater than we might have ever imagined, and we stay grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from throughout the globe. Thanks to your continued kindness and assist throughout this very particular time for our household,” the assertion stated.
Lilibet was first used when Princess Elizabeth was a toddler and unable to pronounce her personal title correctly.
Her grandfather, King George V, would affectionately name her ‘Lilibet’, imitating her personal makes an attempt to say Elizabeth and from then on she turned Lilibet, together with to Prince Philip, the Queen’s late husband.