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Buckingham Palace has not commented on Lili's name.

The BBC has not commented on the dispute with Harry and Meghan and has kept its report on Lili's name live on its website.

According to ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie, Queen Elizabeth was \"very aware\" of Lili's name before it was made public.

“I think what we have here is the press struggling to understand what the conversation was between Harry and the queen,\" Scobie, the author of \"Finding Freedom,\" said Thursday on \"Good Morning America.\" \"When we actually speak to those closest to the queen, they do say she was very aware of the decision that was made before the announcement.\"

\"There is no protocol to follow,\" Scobie added. \"But what they did do is let [Queen Elizabeth] know and wait for her response before making any concrete decisions to announce that to the world.\"

Harry, one of Queen Elizabeth's eight grandchildren, has always been vocal about his love for his grandmother, whose childhood nickname Lilibet has continued to be affectionately used by close family throughout her life.

\"My grandmother and I have a really good relationship and an understanding, and I have a deep respect for her,\" Harry said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this year.

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Harry also told Winfrey the queen has been \"amazing throughout\" his relationship with Meghan, a sentiment echoed by Meghan, who said the queen was one of the first family members she met in her relationship with Harry.

\"The Queen, for example, has always been wonderful to me,\" the duchess said. \"I mean, we had one of our first joint engagements together. She asked me to join her.\"

\"I just really loved being in her company,\" said Meghan, who added the queen gave her pearl earrings and a matching necklace for their June 2018 joint engagement. \"And I remember we were in the car ... going between engagements, and she has a blanket that sits across her knees for warmth, and it was chilly and she was like, 'Meghan, come on,' and put it over my knees as well.\"

\"It made me think of my grandmother, where she's always been warm and inviting and really welcoming,\" Meghan said.

Last month, Prince Harry joined his brother in responding to an independent investigation that found then-BBC journalist Martin Bashir \"deceived and induced\" to secure an interview with their mom, the late Princess Diana, after whom Lili is also named.

\"To those who have taken some form of accountability, thank you for owning it. That is the first step towards justice and truth. Yet what deeply concerns me is that practices like these—and even worse—are still widespread today,\" Harry said in a statement, in which he called his mom \"resilient, brave and unquestionably honest.\" \"Then and now, it’s bigger than one outlet, one network, or one publication.\"

\"Our mother lost her life because of this, and nothing has changed,\" he said. \"By protecting her legacy, we protect everyone, and uphold the dignity with which she lived her life. Let’s remember who she was and what she stood for.\"

Scobie said Harry and Meghan's response to the BBC's reporting on their daughter's name is part of a new approach to \"take control of the narrative,\" especially when it comes to their children.

The Sussexes are also parents to a 2-year-old son, Archie.

Lilibet \"Lili\" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Welcome to the world ❤️ pic.twitter.com/T4X1guzA2X

— Misan Harriman (@misanharriman) June 6, 2021

\"Since stepping away from the royal fold, they've really been able to try and take control of the narrative as often as they want, including bringing the law into question when the line has been crossed,\" said Scobie. \"I think if this story had been just about Harry or Meghan, the couple would have left it.\"

\"But ultimately, this is about protecting their new daughter,\" he said. \"She's only days old and she's already embroiled in the center of the British tabloid controversy and they want her arrival into this world to be pleasant, to be celebratory. To have this sort of murky uncertainty around the use of her name really puts an unpleasant start to Lilibet's journey in this world.\"

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