Prince William’s claim over Princess Charlotte’s naming revealed

The result – Charlotte Elizabeth Diana – was a tribute not only to the late Princess of Wales, but also to Queen Elizabeth II, who was reportedly moved by the gesture.

Six years later, William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, now 41, followed a similar path.

When his daughter Princess Lilibet Diana was born on June 4, 2021, Harry and his wife Meghan Markle said in a statement: “Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet.

“Her middle name, Diana, was chosen in honor of her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales.”

At the time, Catherine had yet to take the title of Princess of Wales, which she would later inherit in 2022 following the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Myers writes that despite the brothers’ strained relationship, William and Catherine still reached out “at Lilibet’s birth in 2021,” sending “a gift and a congratulatory card — though they added that this “would be the extent of their contact.”