Lilibet christened at small ceremony at couple’s Montecito domestic in California.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter, Lilibet, has been given her formal royal title of “Princess” for the first time in the announcement of her christening.
Lilibet, who is aged 21 months, was christened at an intimate ceremony at the couple’s Montecito home in California. A spokesperson for the couple confirmed, with the aid of People magazine, that “Princess Lilibet Diana” was once christened on Friday 3 March by way of the bishop of Los Angeles, the Rt Rev John H Taylor.
The announcement is the first affirmation that Harry and Meghan intend to use the titles of prince and princess for their son Archie and daughter Lilibet.
The journal said that invitations had been extended to King Charles, Camilla, the Queen Consort, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, but they were no longer in attendance.
After their grandfather acceded to the throne, the couple’s teens mechanically grew to be prince and princess under the rule established via King George V in 1917 that read: “ … the grandchildren of the sons of any such sovereign in the direct male line (save solely the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have and enjoy in all occasions the style and title loved with the aid of the youth of dukes of these our realms.”



It is understood the titles will be used in formal settings, but now not in everyday conversational use by the couple. Harry and Meghan are understood to be keen not to deny their teenagers their birthright, however to permit them to determine for themselves when older whether or not to drop or keep the titles.
The difficulty over whether their kids would receive titles has been one of excessive speculation, fuelled when Meghan advised in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that her son Archie used to be denied his birthright of the title of prince through the palace due to the fact he was once blended race and that the choice went towards protocol. However, when Archie was once born, he was a great-grandchild of a monarch, and not the firstborn of a future king, so used to be now not routinely a prince at that time.
Archie and Lilibet will not be entitled to use the fashion HRH. The use of the fashion would come thru their father, and the Duke of Sussex’s HRH is in abeyance.
There had been reviews earlier that the king was thinking about a letters patent to do away with the titles, but this seems not to have been the case judging from Wednesday’s assertion from the Sussexes.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex’s kids have been additionally entitled as male line grandchildren to use the titles of prince and princess, but their parents decided they did now not desire them to be recognized as such.
People magazine mentioned there were between 20 and 30 visitors at Friday’s christening, inclusive of Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, Lilibet’s godfather, Tyler Perry, and an unnamed godmother.
After the ceremony, guests had been dealt with to an afternoon of food and dancing, with Archie enjoying a dance with his little sister, it is reported. Perry used to be stated to have flown in with a 10-person gospel choir that sang Oh Happy Day and This Little Light of Mine … which used to be sung at the Sussexes’ wedding.

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