LONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry spoke with Queen Elizabeth II before his new daughter’s name, Lilibet Diana, was made public, a spokesperson for the new mom and dad said Wednesday after a U.K. media report suggested otherwise.
Harry’s grandmother was the “first family member he called,” the spokesperson said, adding the royal had spoken to other members of his family before revealing that he had chosen the name Lilibet (Lili) Diana Mountbatten-Windsor with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
The younger sister of the Sussexes’ 2-year-old son, Archie, was born on Friday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
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Without the queen’s support, “they would not have used the name,” the spokesperson said.
Their comments came after an article on the BBC’s website claimed a palace source had said…
