The name Lilibet was chosen by the couple as a tribute to Her Majesty, whose family nickname is Lilibet. The change in plans means she is freed up to see the Duke and Duchess and their children on Saturday - potentially meeting Lilibet for the first time on her birthday. There is now likely to be a whole day of the Platinum Jubilee weekend without Her Majesty appearing, as she is expected to follow the evening concert at Buckingham Palace on television from Windsor. The decision is understood to have been taken amid concerns about the Queen’s mobility. Royal sources on Sunday told The Telegraph that the Queen, 96, is not planning to attend the Epsom Derby on Saturday, with the Princess Royal instead travelling in her place.
Lilibet has not yet met her royal relatives, including her great-grandmother, but will travel from California to the UK for the first time with her parents and older brother Archie, now three. The Duke and Duchess’s second child was born in the US and turns one on Saturday, when celebrations of the monarch’s 70-year reign will be in full swing across the country. Lilibet, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, is expected to spend her first birthday meeting her namesake, the Queen, on the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
