Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's daughter is named for the monarch, whose childhood nickname was Lilibet.
Queen Elizabeth celebrated greater than one important milestone over the weekend!
In addition to her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, her great-granddaughter and namesake Lilibet marked her first birthday.
On Monday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shared a new image of their daughter, who became 1 on Saturday. The image was taken throughout Lili's birthday celebration on Saturday at her family's U.K. home, Frogmore Cottage, which is just 1/2 a mile from the Queen's domestic at Windsor Castle.
The picture was taken all through a casual, intimate outdoor picnic at Frogmore Cottage to have a good time the birthday with close pals and family. Photographer Misan Harriman, who additionally captured Meghan and Harry's maternity snap shots while they had been expecting Lili, got behind the camera for the shot.
Lili appears to have inherited her father's trademark purple hair and curious eyes!
Lili is named for the monarch, whose childhood nickname used to be Lilibet. During a conversation with the Queen, Harry "shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honor," a spokesperson for the couple beforehand informed PEOPLE.
"The Duke spoke with his household in develop of the announcement, in truth his grandmother was once the first family member he called. He shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honor during that conversation. Had she no longer been supportive, they would no longer have used the name."
The identify Lilibet was once lovingly used with the aid of Queen Elizabeth's father King George VI, who as soon as said of his two daughters, "Lilibet is my pride. Margaret is my joy." It was once a pet identify used via different family members, most pretty her late husband Prince Philip, and it is notion her aged cousins like Princess Alexandra still use the name.
Lilibet, whose full title is Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, is additionally named after Harry's liked late mother, Princess Diana.
While Archie and Lili did not attend any of the Jubilee events, Meghan and Harry stepped out on Thursday for Trooping the Colour and on Friday for a thanksgiving service in honor of the Queen at St. Paul's Cathedral.
They did not attend the Platinum Party at the Palace on Saturday evening nor Sunday's Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace. They lower back to California on Sunday.
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