Harry and Meghan's daughter's name is inspired by Prince Philip's loving nickname for the queen, his Lilibet

Lilibet’s middle name Diana honours Harry’s later mother Diana, Princess of Wales

The Sussexes with the Queen (John Stillwell/PA)

Lilibet – the Queen’s family nickname – was first used when Princess Elizabeth was just a toddler and unable to pronounce her own name properly.

Her grandfather King George V would affectionately call her ‘Lilibet’ imitating her own attempts to say Elizabeth.