According to insights shared by royal author Robert Hardman with The Daily Beast, the conversation between the late monarch and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex might have put Queen Elizabeth in an uncomfortable position. It is speculated that the couple informed the Queen and then used her response to create a narrative suggesting her blessings.
"We don't know exactly what the conversation was, but we can imagine it went something like, 'Granny, great news, we are calling her Lilibet,' and the queen saying: 'Oh how nice,' or something like that because she hated confrontation," Hardman speculated.
While the Queen was not upset about her great-granddaughter being named after her moniker, Hardman emphasized that what angered her was the subsequent misrepresentation of her stance. The inference that they had her blessing and that permission had been sought and granted, when it hadn’t, coupled with attempts to involve the palace in legal action against the BBC, were the sources of Her Majesty's displeasure.
"What made her angry was the subsequent putting of words in her mouth, the inference that they had her blessing, that permission had been sought and granted, when it hadn’t, and then the way that [Harry and Meghan] tried to corral the palace into supporting legal action against the BBC. Her anger wasn’t actually about using the name itself."
