Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a major blunder in their statement announcing that their daughter Lilibet was christened on March 3 2023.
A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told GB News: "I can confirm that Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3 by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rev John Taylor."
However, the Archbishop of Los Angeles is Most Reverend José H. Gomez. Reverend Gomez is a Catholic Bishop and did not christen Lilibet.
John Harvey Taylor is the Bishop of Los Angeles in the Diocese of Los Angeles of the Episcopal Church.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a major blunder in their statement announcing that their daughter Lilibet was christened
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GB News has contacted the Sussexes for clarification and it's understood it was the Anglican Bishop that christened Lilibet and that it was not a Catholic christening.
The Bishop who christened the Lilibet is a former newspaper reporter who was chief of staff for former US president Richard Nixon.
Bishop Taylor worked for Chula Vista Star News in the 1970s.
A profile in the Los Angeles Times described Bishop Taylor as one of Nixon’s closest confidants in later years and as co-executor of his estate.
Bishop Taylor was also director of the Nixon library.
Archie and Lilibet's titles as princess and prince will be used in formal settings, but not everyday use by the Sussexes.
However, the Meghan and Harry are keen not to deny their children their birthright, but wish to let Archie and Lilibet decide for themselves when they are older, if they wish to keep using their titles or drop them later on.
Buckingham Palace has stated that the Royal Family website “will now be updated in due course” to reflect the titles.
The invitation could be an olive branch from Sussexes ahead of King Charles's Coronation.
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At the time of the late Queen’s death and the King’s accession, a spokesman for the King pledged to update Archie and Lilibet’s names on the site “as and when we get information”.
Meghan and Harry invited King Charles, Camilla, Prince William and the Princess of Wales, a source told People.
However, none of the senior members of the Royal Family attended the christening.
The invitation to the quartet of royals could be an olive branch from Sussexes ahead of King Charles's Coronation.