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by perse

11/11/2004, 3:46 AM

Didn't Queen Elizabeth get called Lily/Lilybet for short?

I suppose it came about the same way as Millicent (Milly),
Matilda (Tilly), William (Billy) etc

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- Chrisell +1

11/11/2004, 3:17 PM

Yes, I've read that Lilibet was how her early attempts at her own name came out, so that became her nickname.

- Anthony (guest)

11/11/2004, 8:38 PM

However only Louis Mountbatten (from memory) got way with calling her that after she became Queen.

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