Lilibet, US Princess of Windsor: British press slams Bishop, former chief of staff to President Nixon, presiding over christenings and Tyler Perry’s refusal to ‘mingle’ with the monarchy | people | entertainment

It’s been just over two weeks since the baptism of Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor and the topic still gives us something to talk about. Exactly after the event that took place on March 3, it was revealed that the youngest daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had the title of princess, like her brother Archie.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle baptize their daughter Lilibet in California; His godfather was African-American actor Tyler Perry, who helped the Duke and Duchess of Sussex move to California.

Details like who the bishop officiated at the christening was and why his godfather, actor Tyler Perry, didn’t want the ceremony to take place in the UK, are still a topic of conversation.

And the British media continued to report the news that happened at the couple’s mansion in Montecito, California, in the United States, where Harry and Megan have been staying with their two children since 2020.

Detail of the baptism of Lilibet Diana in Montecito

priest John Harvey TaylorBishop of Los Angeles, was officiated at the christening, which was attended by between 20 and 30 people, including Harry’s aunts, Lady Jane Fellowes, and Lady Sarah McCorquodale.

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Taylor is a former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon and was one of his closest confidants, Rev E-mail. In addition, before becoming a bishop, he was a reporter and then editor of a newspaper in the 1970s, the British newspaper reported.

In 2002 he married Kathy O’Connor, and in 2004 he was ordained a priest. Years later, he was elected Los Angeles’ seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese, a position he assumed in 2017. Since then, the father of four and grandfather of two has dedicated himself to “promoting reconciliation” and “transparency.”

Lilibet, who will be two years old next June, now has the role of godfather Tyler Perry who, according to the Mail Online, is a staunch defender of the Dukes of Sussex. Despite this, the media realized that he would have refused to allow baptisms in the United Kingdom.

Perry, 53, said he felt “honoured” in choosing Harry and Meghan, so he didn’t hesitate to take a private jet from Atlanta to California. As a nod to the Sussex family, the actor brought a 10-person gospel choir to the private ceremony.

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When the director appeared in the couple’s Netflix documentary, he admitted that he only agreed to be Lilibet’s godfather if he didn’t have to travel to the UK for the christening because he didn’t want to be part of a ceremony with the royal family, review E-mail.

“I got off the phone and took it all out and then called them back and said, ‘Wait a minute, does that mean we have to go out there and do all that in church with them and figure it all out? Because I don’t want to do that,'” Perry stated in the film. The documentary.

The English argument indicates that children born within the monarchy are traditionally baptized in royal residences, as happened with Archie’s ceremony at Windsor Castle in July 2019.

In the case of Lilibet Diana it was different. The American Princess of Windsor was baptized in a private ceremony at her parents’ palace. His grandfather, King Charles of England, was invited to the celebration, as well as his wife Camilla and Princes of Wales William and Kate Middleton, although they all withdrew from their participation, according to international media reports.

Harry’s maternal aunts, Princess Diana’s sisters, were the only ones who accepted the invitation and did not leave Harry and Meghan alone on such an important day for the Sussex family. (And the)

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