The Queen has a vast array of official titles she can use, given the wealth of institutions of which she is head. She can use them interchangeably as she chooses, and most people she meets will have to address her as so. Members of the public address her as Your Majesty, but her family may use nicknames if they choose.
One such nickname is Lilibet, one the monarch allegedly assigned herself.
Her father King George VI gave her the nickname after the then Princess found trouble pronouncing Elizabeth.
Many people may have heard the name in the annals of The Crown, which claims her close family members still use it.
Her father also used it publicly, as he once famously proclaimed of his daughters: “Lilibet is my pride. Margaret is my joy.”
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Speaking to The Times, royal biographer Robert Lacey once admitted he had heard Prince Philip refers to his wife as Cabbage.
He told the publication: “Yes, I’ve heard that is how he will sometimes refer to her.”
The bizarre nickname has no known origins to the public, but this hasn’t stopped speculation.
day Times questioned whether it was an anglicised version of “mon petit chou”, which translates to “my little cabbage” or “my little pastry puff.”
