Meghan Markle and Prince Harry celebrated the christening of their daughter, Lilibet Diana, last Friday in an intimate ceremony at their home in Montceito, California. As revealed by People magazine, little Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was Christianized by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Reverend John Taylor, who belongs to the Anglican Communion.
According to a source told the aforementioned outlet, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex invited King Charles III, Queen Camila, Prince William and Kate Middleton, but decided not to attend the celebration. The same source revealed that there were between 20 and 30 guests at the gathering, including the Duchess’s mother, Doria Ragland, Lilibet’s best man, Tyler Perry, and an unnamed godmother.
At the ceremony a 10-person gospel choir sang Oh Happy Day and This Little Light of Mine, which also played at the Sussexes’ wedding, followed by guests enjoying an evening of food and dancing.
The youngest daughter of Enrique and Meghan is red-haired like her brother Archie, The Dukes of Sussex decided to name their daughter Lilibet, Lili for those closest to her, in honor of Elizabeth II, who was also called that when she was little, especially her grandfather, King George V. Her middle name, Diana, was chosen in honor of her grandmother, the Princess of Wales.
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, the second daughter of the Dukes of Sussex, was the first great-grandchild of Elizabeth II to be born outside of British territory. The baby girl ranks seventh in the line of succession, behind her uncle Guillermo hers, cousins Jorge, Carlota and Luis, her father Enrique and her brother Archie hers.