Late Queen's heartbreaking gesture for Princess Lilibet - but Meghan and Harry didn't show up

The Queen was believed to person been peculiarly touched erstwhile Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their 2nd child, girl Lilibet, aft her household nickname

The precocious Queen Elizabeth II adored her 12 great-grandchildren but 1 peculiar motion from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is said to person touched her heart.

The couple's determination to sanction their girl aft the Queen was seen arsenic a poignant tribute. The youngest great-granddaughter Lilibet was fixed the Queen's household nickname, which originated from her inability to pronounce Elizabeth arsenic a toddler. The sanction stuck and Princess Lilibet besides bears the mediate sanction Diana, a heartfelt motion to Harry's precocious mother.

According to Paul Burrell, the Queen's erstwhile footman, the monarch was profoundly saddened by the region betwixt her and Lilibet erstwhile Harry and Meghan relocated to the US. Despite her declining health, the Queen was determined to walk prime clip with her mini namesake, arsenic reported by the Mirror.

However, Burrell claimed that adjacent connected Lilibet's archetypal birthday, during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations successful June 2022, the Queen did not get to spot her granddaughter. He revealed: "Even connected Lilibet's archetypal day the Queen didn't spot her. She saw her the time before. But connected her birthday, the Queen had a day barroom made with 1 candle successful it. And they ne'er turned up. That candle was ne'er lit."

Prince Harry and Meghan marked Lilibet's day with a backyard picnic astatine Frogmore Cottage, successful Windsor, reports Birmingham Live. On the aforesaid day, the Queen was scheduled to be the Epsom Derby, successful Surrey, arsenic portion of the jubilee celebrations. However, owed to her ongoing mobility issues, she had to cancel. Burrell revealed: "The adjacent time she asked if possibly they'd similar to travel up for beverage again and was told they've gone. What bash you mean they've gone?," she said. "They've gone backmost to America. Oh no, they ne'er said goodbye."

Burrell shared that the Queen was "confused" by Harry and Meghan's swift departure. He questioned: "How could you offend our Queen? Well, I don't recognize anyone that could bash that. Not her family, wherefore would you privation to? She was devoid of jealousy, anger, envy, each those traits that we subordinate with different radical she didn't have. She was conscionable a precise elemental soul. I privation the world could person known her the mode I knew her."

The Royal Family precocious commemorated the 2nd day of the Queen's death. Burrell added: "All the household dearly loved our Queen, and they volition each beryllium remembering her successful their ain peculiar ways. She was a mother, a granny, a large granny to each of them. And they each miss her. Even Harry and Meghan, successful Los Angeles volition beryllium reasoning astir the Queen connected her day due to the fact that Harry was a peculiar favourite." Burrell disclosed helium ever maintained a "communication" with the Queen until her last days.