FOG BLOG BRITISH NEWS LOG: MEGHAN AND HARRY NAME NEW BABY LILIBET!

Prince Harry hits back at report on baby name in rare rebuke, says he consulted queen in advance.....Did Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan consult his grandmother the queen before bestowing her childhood nickname, Lilibet, on their new baby daughter?

The couple's ongoing conflict with the British media and with their critics within Buckingham Palace's senior courtier corps provoked Harry and Meghan to issue a rare statement on Wednesday insisting – contrary to a report by the BBC – that they did discuss the baby's name with Queen Elizabeth II before the name was announced.

A spokesperson for the couple told USA TODAY that the queen was supportive when Prince Harry shared the name with her ahead of time and the couple would not have used the name had she objected.