The Queen Finally Meets Great-Granddaughter Lilibet, Says Royal Insider

'We know how much she’s been looking forward to it'

The Queen meets Lilibet

by Aimee Jakes |
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The Queen has finally met her great-granddaughter, Lilibet Mountbatten Windsor within 48 hours of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arriving in the UK, according to Royal insider Omid Scobie.

The Monarch is said to have met her namesake for the first time, just before Lilibet's first birthday on Saturday 4th June.

Harry and Meghan
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have returned to London this weekend with their two children Archie and Lilibet for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

But despite the long-awaited family reunion, Scobie shares how we shouldn't expect an adorable photo op...

Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Friday, Scobie said: 'I think people are expecting some sort of big birthday extravagant event, that we’re going to see photographs from. From what I’m told, we shouldn’t expect anything.

'Those moments with Lilibet are very much private between them and the Queen and of course we know how much she’s been looking forward to it.

'They’ve been held back by a pandemic. Of course, the times that Harry has been here it’s just been by himself for quite sombre occasions. And so this really was the first time.”

Scobie continued: 'Of course, we know the Queen went back to Windsor Castle yesterday, the couple went back to Windsor as well where they’re staying at Frogmore Cottage.

'So that would have been the first moment or the first chance for her to meet her namesake.'

Oh, we would have loved to have been a fly on the wall.

No longer working Royals, Prince Harry and Meghan have plans to keep things 'low-key' during the Jubilee celebrations.

Scobie shared, 'I spoke with people close to the couple... who said that they want to be as low-profile as possible during this trip.

'It’s almost hard to believe, but I think yesterday Trooping the Colour was a great example. We didn’t really catch sight of them on TV cameras.'

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