Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a deeply emotional decision regarding their daughter Lilibet, leaving their fans moved.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are proud parents to two young children: Archie Harrison and Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana.
Raising their children in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, the couple has prioritized giving them as private and normal a life as possible.
However, new details about their daughter Lilibet’s christening have surfaced, and they have stirred strong emotions among their supporters.
What stands out most about the christening announcement is its timing, which has caught the attention of royal watchers.
Lilibet, who was born in California on June 4, 2021, was baptized nearly two years later in a private ceremony at the couple’s Montecito home in March 2023.
But what makes the announcement particularly meaningful is the date Harry and Meghan chose to share the news.
The couple publicly revealed Lilibet’s christening on March 8, 2023. While this may seem like an ordinary date at first glance, it holds a deeper significance.
This isn’t the first time the Duke and Duchess have chosen a meaningful date for an important life event.
Back in February 2021, they announced Meghan’s pregnancy with Lilibet on Valentine’s Day—echoing a moment from royal history.
On February 14, 1984, Princess Diana, Prince Harry’s mother, publicly shared the news that she was expecting him.
In his Netflix documentary, Prince Harry admitted to being surprised by this parallel, saying: “I was shocked. We had no idea. It was just a coincidence, or maybe not a coincidence.”
Finding connections between his life with Meghan and his late mother Diana has become a recurring theme for Harry.
In his memoir Spare, he reflected on another powerful coincidence in the early days of his relationship with Meghan.
“Eventually, we exchanged phone numbers, and mitigated the conversation over to text, going late into the night,” Harry wrote, recalling how he was “texting like a teenager” throughout the next day.
“It occurred to me how uncanny, how surreal, how bizarre, that this marathon conversation should have begun on July 1, 2016. My mother’s fifty-fifth birthday,” he added.
These meaningful moments seem to weave Prince Harry and Meghan’s journey into the legacy of Princess Diana.
Harry has frequently compared Meghan to his mother, but according to a royal author, his family did not share this perspective.
Harry and Meghan started dating in 2016, and by 2017, she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair with the headline Wild About Harry. This raised concerns within Harry’s inner circle, particularly with Prince William and Kate.
In Tom Bower’s book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, he writes (as cited by The Mirror): “The Vanity Fair article increased the Cambridges’ suspicion of Meghan.
“By then, Harry had introduced Meghan to Diana’s sisters, Jane and Sarah, and her close friend, Julia Samuel. Harry believed they would see a resemblance between Meghan and Diana, as he felt they had faced similar challenges.
“He was disappointed. None agreed that his vulnerable mother and Meghan were alike. Worse still, they thought Meghan might not fit into the royal family.”
Bower further noted that Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, shared these concerns at Prince William’s request.
Having been married three times himself, Spencer advised Harry to slow down before marrying Meghan—advice that reportedly caused tension.
Looking back, Harry acknowledged the challenges of integrating Meghan into the royal family.
Regarding Lilibet’s christening, the significance of the date appears to be a deliberate and poignant reference to the royal family.
March 8 is International Women’s Day, making it a symbolic choice for such an occasion.
However, some royal fans have also pointed out another striking connection.
The date fell exactly six months after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, affectionately known as Lilibet by her family.
The Queen passed away on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96, marking a significant period of mourning for both the royal family and the nation.
Announcing Lilibet’s christening on this date has been seen as a touching tribute to her late great-grandmother and namesake.
