These Are the Secret Nicknames Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and the Royal Family Call Each Other
We think being addressed as “Your Royal Highness” is pretty much one of the coolest perks of being Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, but as it turns out, she, Prince Harry, and the rest of the royal gang have their own nicknames they share with each other. Hello Magazine recently revealed that a lot of the royals have genuinely adorable, secret nicknames for one another. A sampling: “Meg” (OK, we saw that coming), “Tungsten,” and “Haz.”
Apparently, during the recent Invictus Games, people heard Prince Harry calling his wife and recent birthday girl “Meg,” while Prince Charles has reportedly dubbed her “Tungsten”—which has got to be one of the coolest names ever, because it refers to one of the strongest metals on earth (still wanting the backstory on that, though). Meanwhile, Meghan’s friend and former agent Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne dished that Markle calls Prince Harry “Haz.” Hello also reports that Prince Harry has had a few other nicknames in the past: Some of his friends know him as “Spike,” and he actually even had a private Facebook account under “Spike Wells” for a hot minute. He’s also been called “Potter,” after Harry Potter, which we’re dying to know more about.
Meghan and Prince Harry aren’t the only ones with cute nicknames: The whole royal family is all about them. in a 2007 interview with NBC, Prince William shared that Princess Diana’s pet name for him was “Wombat,” which is adorable The Queen, meanwhile, reportedly called herself “Tillabet” as a child, and close family and friends have also referred to her as “Lillibet” over the years. Kate Middleton also went by “Squeak” for a little while when she was a kid. “I was nicknamed ‘Squeak’ just like my guinea pig,” she said in an interview. “There was one called Pip and one called Squeak, because my sister was called Pippa and I was Squeak.”
Honestly, we’re just waiting for the green light until we can start calling the royals these adorable nicknames ourselves.
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