Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s biographer Omid Scobie has taken a swipe at Queen Elizabeth II over reports she was left furious with the Sussexes after they named their daughter Lilibet.
The couple named their daughter Lilibet after the late Queen’s childhood nickname.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex indicated at the time that Queen Elizabeth II supported their decision.
However, this week reports have emerged that the Queen was left furious with the Sussexes over the move.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s biographer Omid Scobie has taken a swipe at Queen Elizabeth II.
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Omid Scobie, who wrote the biography Finding Freedom and the explosive royal book Endgame, has taken a swipe at the Queen in a social media post.
Scobie wrote on X: “None of these Lilibet ‘revelations’ are doing the late Queen Elizabeth II any favours.
“Not only do they contradict details shared by the Palace with a cooperatively written biography in 2022 (see pic), they also depict the monarch in a way the public haven’t known her to be.”
Royal author Robert Hardman claims in his new book titled Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story, that a royal aide had never seen the Queen so angry following the Lilibet announcement.
The couple named their daughter Lilibet after the late Queen’s childhood nickname.
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Hardman wrote: “One privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been ‘as angry as I’d ever seen her’ in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter ‘Lilibet’, the Queen’s childhood nickname.”
He added: “However, when the Sussexes tried to co-opt the Palace into propping up their version of events, they were rebuffed.”
According to the Mail, Queen Elizabeth II was so upset by the move that she told royal aides: “I don’t own the Palaces, I don’t own the paintings, the only thing I own is my name. And now they’ve taken that.”
Harry and Meghan’s spokesperson said at the time regarding the decision: “The duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement – in fact his grandmother was the first family member he called.
None of these Lilibet “revelations”are doing the late Queen Elizabeth II any favours. Not only do they contradict details shared by the Palace with a cooperatively written biography in 2022 (see pic), they also depict the monarch in a way the public haven’t known her to be. pic.twitter.com/si5D4EtV9X
— Omid Scobie (@scobie) January 16, 2024
Buckingham Palace aides celebrated that the Queen’s anger with the Sussexes has been made public this week, according to the Mirror.
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“During that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honour.
“Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.”
Buckingham Palace aides celebrated that the Queen’s anger with the Sussexes has been made public this week, according to the Mirror.
A source said: “You’ll find the silence [from the Palace] speaks volumes, but everyone is quietly celebrating this particular wrong being righted.”
