Why was Queen Elizabeth called Lilibet?
HER Majesty Queen Elizabeth has been the British monarch for over 68 years. The queen took the throne on June 2, 1953, at just 27 years old. Queen Elizabeth is known as Her Majesty to the public and as Lilibet to her close family. She was nicknamed Lilibet as a child because she could not pronounce her own name, according to Business Insider. Her late husband Prince Philip would also refer to her as such, and when he passed, Queen Elizabeth left him a handwritten note on his coffin signed Lilibet. 3 Prince Philip used to call Queen Elizabeth by her childhood nickname, Lilibet Credit: Getty  He was thought to be the last person to call her Lilibet. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on June 4, 2021. Lilibet means Gods promise.  According to a statement by the family, Lilibet is an ode to her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen." Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales.  3 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their newborn daughter Lilibet Diana as an ode to the Queen's nickname and Harry's late mother Princess Diana Credit: PA  Lilibet was born at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Lilibet is the Queen's 11th great-grandchild, joining her big brother Archie, two, and Prince William and Kate Middleton's children George, Charlotte and Louis. MORE ON THE QUEEN OFF GUARD Queen NOT warned about Harry & Meg baby news forcing Palace into late congrats HEIR NAME Piers blasts 'ironic' Meghan & Harry baby name after 'they trashed royals' Latest ROYAL WISHES Queen congratulates Meghan and Harry on baby girl named in her honour DRESSED DOWN Prince Harry to LOSE HRH title at Diana exhibition after 'error' at Palace ONE'S SUPPORT Covid isolation 'staggeringly difficult' for Queen at Windsor, Edward reveals  As it stands, Lilibet is eighth in line to the throne and sits behind her father Prince Harry, who is sixth in line, and her sibling Archie, who falls just behind Harry in seventh. Also ahead of Lilibet is Prince William, who is second in line after Prince Charles, and his kids George, Charlotte, and Louis, who are third, fourth, and fifth in line to the throne respectively. Lilibet's arrival has pushed Prince Andrew, who was born second in line to the throne in 1960, down to ninth place in the Royal Line of Succession.