Meghan Markle [1] and Prince Harry's family just got a little bit bigger! On June 4, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their second child [2] and first daughter in Santa Barbara, CA. There was plenty of excitement and anticipation around the baby's name since Meghan and Harry announced they were expecting a girl, and the couple chose a deeply personal family name [3] for their daughter: Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
Lili is named for both her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and for her late grandmother, Princess Diana. The queen is known among her family and dear friends as "Lilibet" — a nickname she gave to herself as a child when she struggled to pronounce her name. She used to sign letters with the moniker in her early days as a royal.
This sweet nod affirms the connection Harry feels with both of these powerful matriarchs. In fact, he made sure his mother's memory played a role in Lili's life from the moment he and Meghan announced her pregnancy [4]. Lili joins older brother Archie, who was born in 2019. Congrats to the new family of four on this exciting news!