Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have baptized their daughter Lilibet during a private ceremony reports People magazine. An event that took place in privacy on Friday, March 3 at their home in Montecito, California. All the details.
It was a very well kept secret. In the United Kingdom, the newspapers had not stopped wondering about the baptism of Lilibet, the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Unlike little Archie, born and baptized on English soil, Lilibet was born in the United States on June 4, 2021 in Santa Barbara. Few photos have been revealed of the little girl. And no detail about her baptism had been communicated. Until this Wednesday, March 8th. As reported exclusively by the American magazine People, the second child of the Sussex couple was baptized Friday, March 3, during a small intimate ceremony in their home in Montecito, California.
“I can confirm that Lilibet Diana was baptized Friday, March 3, by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Reverend John Taylor,” a spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said according to People. A ceremony without any member of the British royal family? It is rumored that Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton were invited but were not present at the event. Did Princess Eugenie, who is very close to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, make a secret return trip to Montecito to attend the christening? Mystery.
The guests present at the baptism of Lilibet
According to a source, between 20 and 30 guests celebrated the baptism of Archie’s little sister. Doria Ragland, the mother of Meghan Markle or the man of the Sussex, Tyler Perry, were part. The latter is also the godfather of the girl. The name of the godmother has not been communicated. Tyler Perry was seen in Montecito the week before the baptism. He flew in from his home in Atlanta to attend the ceremony, accompanied by a ten-person gospel choir that sang Oh Happy Day and This Little Light of Mine, a song that was performed at Meghan and Harry’s wedding. After the ceremony, guests were treated to an afternoon with their families, complete with a few steps from little Archie having fun dancing with his little sister.
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