Lilibet Diana’s birth certificate has an unexpected detail on it

Harry and Meghan have been understandably very restrictive about showing their daughter Lilibet to the world.

The public hasn’t seen much of the 1-year-old, as her parents have been highly restrictive concerning posting photos of their two children online.

Lilibet has visited the UK once, meeting the late Queen Elizabeth and her granddad King Charles.

However, in the future, whether she will get the chance to meet her UK family regularly will most likely be decided by the reaction to her father’s memoir, which dropped in 2023.

Harry and Meghan chose to give up their His & Her Royal Highness titles when they left the Royal Family. Yet on Lilibet’s birth certificate, the absolute truth of what they wish to refer to themselves as came out.

Put plainly, it seems like someone hasn’t been telling the truth …

On June 4, 2021, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced the fantastic news that their daughter, Lilibet, had been born. Royal enthusiasts will know that the girl is their second child, after Archie, born in 2019.

Lilibet – daughter o Harry & Meghan

A spokesperson for the couple at the time said: “It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world.”

Naturally, people worldwide sent their congratulations to Harry and Meghan after Lilibet’s birth. That included the Royal Family and all of its members.

Prince William and Kate Middleton wrote: “We are all delighted by the happy news of the arrival of baby Lili. Congratulations to Harry, Meghan, and Archie.”

“I wish her all the very best. I can’t wait to meet her,” Kate Middleton said on the prospect of meeting Lilibet.

“We haven’t met her yet, so hopefully that will be soon.”

Sadly, things haven’t been all that simple.

Lilibet finally got the chance to meet the Queen and the rest of her British family when she attended the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in 2022.

The festivities took place at the beginning of June in London, England, marking Queen Elizabeth’s incredible 70-year tenure on the British throne.

The Platinum Jubilee celebrations began on Thursday, June 2, with Trooping of the Colour – an event for which the Queen appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. There was then a Thanksgiving service the day after, though the Queen could not attend that because of the discomfort she felt the day before.

For the same reason, she had to cancel her planned appearance at the Epsom Derby on Saturday, June 4.

Lilibet’s first meeting with the Queen

Eventually, the Queen was forced to cancel several other events before sadly passing away in September.

Luckily for Lilibet, they had the chance to meet in person before that happened.

The rumor mill regarding Harry and Meghan’s attendance at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee had been up and running for months. Some speculated they wouldn’t show up, while others wondered if they’d even be invited.

In the end, Harry and Meghan did fly across the Atlantic Ocean to reunite with the former’s family.

As per reports, the couple kept a low profile, attending only a handful of events, including the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral. This marked the first time Harry and Meghan had appeared publicly in the UK since they stepped back from royal life.

However, the couple wasn’t welcome for the Trooping of the Color. As per the Queen’s request, only senior working royals were allowed a spot on the Buckingham Palace balcony to greet the gathered crowds.

According to The Times, Harry and Meghan instead sat in the Major General’s Office, where they watched the Trooping of the Colour alongside extended members of the Royal Family. It’s not clear whether Archie and Lilibet were with them.

What was clear is that no one – least of all the Queen – wanted the couple to become the center of attention. It was even suggested as the real reason why the Queen limited the Royal Family members permitted to stand on the balcony in the way she did.

First birthday in the UK

Though it may seem as if Harry and Meghan didn’t do much more than hurry from one place to the next while they were here, they reportedly got some private time with the Queen.

The pair’s children, Archie and Lilibet, had flown to the UK with them – it was the first time Lilibet had ever visited her father’s homeland. As per sources, on Saturday, June 4, her parents threw her a party to celebrate their daughter’s first birthday.

Harry and Meghan were said to have arranged a backyard picnic at Frogmore Cottage, their UK home. Their friend, Misan Harriman, released a wonderful picture of the little girl celebrating her birthday.

Harry and Meghan reportedly had a cake made by baker Claire Ptak for the birthday picnic. (She’s the same baker who made the cake for the couple’s wedding in 2018).

The picnic at Frogmore Cottage also marked the first time that Lilibet met her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, and her grandfather, Prince Charles.

Yet, while they must have been pleased to finally meet Lilibet, no photos of them meeting her were released. As reported by The Sun, the Queen banned Harry and Meghan from having a photographer present.

“Harry and Meghan wanted their photographer to capture the moment Lilibet met the Queen,” an insider told The Sun. “But they were told no chance. It was a private family meeting.”

Queen refused to take a picture with Lilibet

According to royal expert Camilla Tominey, the Queen refused to take a photo with the little girl because she had a bloodshot eye. Tominey claims that the monarch did not want to be in any images that would be made public.

Tominey wrote in The Telegraph that Harry was rumored to have expressed his desire to get a photo between the two “at some point in the future.”

Reports claim that the only children attending the party were Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips – while their parents went to the Epsom Derby.

Neither Prince William nor Kate Middleton were in attendance.

“There was a bit of reluctance among the royals to admit to having any involvement in Lilibet’s birthday party,” Tominey wrote.

Instead of attending their niece’s first birthday party, William, Kate, and their three children traveled to Wales instead.

“William and Kate made no effort at all to introduce Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to [Lili],” royal expert Christopher Andersen told US Weekly, adding that there is still “a lot of tension” between Harry and Meghan and William and Kate.

“As far as I know, nobody believes they spoke [to one another]” during the celebrations,” he claimed.

Harry & Meghan skips UK Christmas

In December 2022, Lilibet celebrates the second Christmas of her life. Whether she’s met her cousins – Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis – is unknown. But Harry & Meghan reportedly had the opportunity to make that happen for the holiday seasons.

As reported by The Mirror, King Charles invited them to spend Christmas with the British Royal Family at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. However, Meghan Markle and Harry reportedly turned down the invite, as their relationship has hit “rock bottom.”