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A BBC report, citing an unnamed source at Buckingham Palace, said the couple never checked if they could use the surname before naming their second child, who was born on Friday in California.
But a spokesman for the Duke of Sussex told CNN that Harry had spoken with the Queen before the announcement, and she said she supported the decision.
“The Duke spoke with his family prior to the announcement. In fact, his grandmother was the first family member to come into contact with him,” the spokesperson told CNN. “During that conversation, he shared with them the hope of naming their daughter Lilibit in her honor. If she hadn’t been supportive, they wouldn’t have used the names.”
Buckingham Palace told CNN it would not issue an official statement on the matter.
Lilibet is Elizabeth’s nickname within the royal family. This stems from her childhood, when the then princess was unable to pronounce her name correctly.
Harry and Meghan’s daughter, Lilibit ‘Lily’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, is named after both the 95-year-old Queen and Princess Diana, Harry’s late mother.
Her birth was announced on Sunday, with the couple saying their daughter’s arrival “blessed” with their daughter’s arrival.
The Queen’s nickname came after her grandfather, King George V, lovingly imitated her attempts to pronounce “Elizabeth”. It was also reported that her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April, called his wife a pet by the name of her childhood. When the Queen’s mother died in 2002, her coffin held a single wreath from the king with a signed card, “In Memory of Loving, Lilibet.”
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