Bev Turner has slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for calling their daughter Lilibet and said: "The Queen had nothing to herself and Harry and Meghan took it."
A new book called Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story, which is written by Robert Hardman, alleged that Queen Elizabeth was "very angry" when Meghan and Harry used her private nickname.
The book is currently being serialised in the Daily Mail, and it said: “One privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter 'Lilibet', the Queen's childhood nickname."
Reports at the time claimed the late Queen was consulted about the name, but did not feel able to say no.
Queen Elizabeth was "angry" about the situation
PASpeaking about the new book on GB News, Turner said: "I mean, why would that have upset the Queen so much?
"Because when you're so public and your identity is on the global stage, one of the most recognised people in the world, you have very little that you can claim as your own.
"I imagine, from an identity point of view for her, it was this nickname of Lilibet. And, I think her parents, her grandparents, her sister and one or two other people were allowed to call her Lilibet.
"This is a woman whose grandchildren would genuflect on her when they walk into the room, her grandchildren would curtsy.
Bev Turner blasted them for "stealing" the name
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"Then the idea that these two took that name and they stole it from her and put it in the public eye.
"She couldn't say anything because that would cast her as being mean."
The book suggests that a Palace aide claimed they had never seen the Queen "as angry as she was" when Harry And Meghan claimed she had "given her blessing".
Turner said: "It wasn't necessarily when she knew that the daughter was called Lilibet, but it was when the Sussexes said that the Queen had given the name her blessing."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibeth
PAHer co-host Andrew Pierce added: "They said if anybody suggests otherwise, they will sue for defamation. You know what? They never did sue for defamation.
"Legal letters won't fly. I'm sorry. It shows that Meghan and Harry don't tell it straight."
The Archewell announcement of Lilibet’s birth read: “Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet.”
Harry and Meghan said at the time: "The duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement - in fact his grandmother was the first family member he called.
“During that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honour. Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name."
