The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Princess Lilibet Diana has been christened, a spokesperson has said.
A statement from the Sussexes read: “I can confirm that Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3 by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rev John Taylor.”
This is the first time Lilibet, Lili for short, has been publicly referred to as Princess.
She became a princess when her grandfather, King Charles, acceded to the throne.
It is understood that both Lili and Archie’s title’s as princess and prince will be used in formal settings, but not in everyday use by the couple.
Having remained as “master” and “miss” on the Buckingham Palace website, the Palace have confirmed the site’s line of succession list will now be updated to reflect the change.
It is believed there was correspondence with the King, who was made aware beforehand that the Sussexes intended to refer to their daughter as Princess Lili.
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Both Harry and Meghan are keen not to deny their children their birth-right, but wish to let them decide for themselves, if they want to keep using their titles or drop them later on.
The ceremony took place privately at the Sussexes’ home in Montecito, California.
‘Lili made us a family’
The first public image of Lili was released in December 2021, in the couple’s Christmas card.
The image, taken by Alexi Lubomirski, showed Harry hugging their son Archie, as Meghan raised Lilibet into the air.
The opening line of the message in the card read: “This year, 2021, we welcomed our daughter, Lilibet, to the world. Archie made us a ‘Mama’ and a ‘Papa’, and Lili made us a family.”
Lili then celebrated her first birthday at Frogmore Cottage, Windsor, in June 2022, the same property the couple have now been asked to “vacate”, according to a spokesperson.
The request to leave Frogmore Cottage came after the publication of Harry’s autobiography Spare, in which he was scathing of his family, and was seen as a major rebuke by Charles to his son, who moved to the US in 2020.
The couple also aired their grievances about their alleged treatment in a Netflix series.
Despite this, a spokesperson for the pair told The Times that they have been invited to attend the King’s Coronation in May.
They have reportedly not yet made a decision, as the event falls on son Archie’s 4th birthday.