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I'm quite perplexed at the number of people (mainly harkle supporters, but others too) that keep saying they didn't need permission to use a nickname, and that they can call the child what they want.

This is called manners, and obviously there is a huge sector of society that seem to lack them. You ask permission as a courtesy and a gesture. Yes, a parent can call their child what they want, but if they choose to name it after someone who is living, it is considered good manners to ask first - not mention or inform, but to ask. This was more than a name, it was a family nickname, and as many have said, if the child is to be known as Lili, then they should have simply given her that name. They still can I guess, and in the US they can change their names whenever they want.

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Sussexes accuse BBC of libel over report about naming their daughter Lilibet

Harry and Meghan insist they asked Queen’s permission

updated

David Brown

Wednesday June 09 2021, 12.00pm, The Times

Today’s statement issued on behalf of the Sussexes said the duke had called the Queen before their daughter’s birth

Today’s statement issued on behalf of the Sussexes said the duke had called the Queen before their daughter’s birth

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex insisted today that they had asked the Queen for permission to use her childhood nickname Lilibet for their baby daughter.

The couple issued legal warnings following a report by the BBC that the monarch had not been consulted about the use of the name.

Jonny Dymond, the corporation’s royal correspondent, quoted a Palace source saying the Queen was “never asked” her opinion on the couple’s decision to name their second child after her.

Lawyers for Harry and Meghan sent letters to the media today stating: “The article is false and defamatory...

A clip from The Times.

Surely the parents of a newborn are too busy and focused on other matters to care about this, as in to issue legal letters within hours? In the real world, new parents wouldn't care about this, so why does it matter to them. Don't they have children to feed and to change nappies?

Whatever is the truth, they (BP, and the duo) cannot change how people feel or think about this, and the optics of millions does actually matter.

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