Tuesday June 8, 2021

Ellie Crystal and her guest on The Z-Files - Mary Ellen Popyk - talk about the birth of Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Royal Rifts, "The Bench", Healing, Issues, and More.

This message was posted Sunday on Meghan and Harry's Archewell website: "It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world. Lili was born on Friday, June 4 at 11:40 a.m. in the trusted care of the doctors and staff at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA. Lili weighed 7 lbs 11 oz. Both mother and child are healthy and well, and settling in at home.

The Duke and Duchess issued this statement: "On June 4th, we were blessed with the arrival of our daughter, Lili. She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we've felt from across the globe. Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this very special time for our family."

Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Lili's middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Little Lili will grow up with her older brother Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

Today Meghan's first children's book The Bench was released dedicating it to her husband Prince Harry and their two-year-old son Archie. "The Bench" looks at the relationship between father and son through a mother's eyes. Meghan has previously said the book, written with rhyming text, began as a Father's Day poem she wrote for Harry shortly after Archie was born in 2019. In a handwritten-like note inside the book, Meghan wrote: "For the man and the boy who make my heart go pump-pump". Meghan also narrates an audio version of the book, which features watercolor illustrations by artist Christian Robinson.