KIDS WILL ACCOMPANY HIM.
HODA?
>> ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THANK YOU.
>>> JOINING US NOW FROM
BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS NBC ROYALS
COMMENTATEOR AND JOURNALIST DAIS
McANDREW.
GREAT TO SEE YA.
I WAS SURPRISED BY THE BIRTH.
USUALLY, YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT
OF, OH, THERE WAS SOMEBODY GOING
INTO THE HOSPITAL.
SOMEBODY SAW THIS.
THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT
THAT BABY WAS ARRIVING.
THEY REALLY HAD THAT LOCKED
DOWN, DIDNT THEY?
>> Reporter: I THINK THEYLL BE
VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT NEITHER
NOW, HODA, I, OR ANYONE ELSE
KNEW IT WAS COMING.
THATS WHAT THEY WANTED.
THEY WANTED TO BE IN CONTROL.
ITS WHAT THEYVE BEEN SAYING
FOR YEARS NOW, ISNT IT?
THEY WANT TO TAKE BACK CONTROL
OF THEIR OWN IMAGE, OF THEIR OWN
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THEY CERTAINLY DID THAT
YESTERDAY.
WHEN ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THAT
LILIBET DIANA HAD BE BORN NOT
YESTERDAY BUT ON FRIDAY.
>> WE DIDNT EVEN KNOW THE DUE
DATE.
THE NAME, OF COURSE, IS A
SURPRISE, TOO.
IT IS SO SWEET.
REALLY, THE FIRST TIME IVE
HEARD LILIBET.
I GUESS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY,
THAT WAS A SWEET TRIBUTE, O JJ M
AMA -- HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN.
>> Reporter: LILIBET BECAME THE
QUEENS NICKNAME WHEN SHE WAS A
TODDLER HERSELF AND COULDNT
PRONOUNCE ELIZABETH.
IT CAME OUT LIKE LILIBET.
THATS WHAT PRINCE PHILIP ALWAYS
CALLED HER.
IN FACT, ON HIS COFFIN AT THE
FUNERAL, THERE WAS A HANDWRITTEN
NOTE FROM THE QUEEN TO PHILIP,
SIGNED LILIBET.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY PERSONAL
NICKNAME.
IN A WAY, IT IS NOT REALLY A
REAL NAME AT ALL, AND IT IS
TOTALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE
QUEEN.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THE QUEEN
WAS SURPRISED BY THAT, OR DO YOU
THINK THEY CALLED UP AND SAID,
"HEY, THIS IS WHAT WERE
THINKING"?
>> Reporter: IM HOPING THEY DID
WARN HER THAT THEY WERE THINKING
THAT.
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A PERSONAL
NAME TO HER, THAT IM HOPING AS
A MARK OF RESPECT.
OF COURSE, HARRY HAS BEEN SAYING
FOR A LONG TIME HE IS ON VERY GOOD TERMS WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.
GOOD TERMS WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.
HE HAS THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR
HER.
IM HOPING HE DID TIP HER OFF,
THAT THIS WAS IN HIS MIND.
HINDSIGHT IS A GREAT THING FOR
ALL OF US, BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK
AT THE BOUQUET MEGHAN HAD ON HER
WEDDING DAY, IT WAS FULL OF LILY
OF THE VALLEY, ONE OF THE
REASONS LILY HAS BEEN QUITE HIGH
IN THE BOOKIES NAMES AS A
FAVORITE TODAY.
A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT NOT
MUCH OF A SURPRISE, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT HINDSIGHT.
>> ASSUMING THE TRAFFIC SIRENS
ARENT FOR YOU TO MOVE ALONG OFF
THE SIDEWALK, DAISY, ONE MORE
QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU FEEL THE FAMILY
DYNAMIC IS RIGHT NOW, AND HOW
MIGHT YOU EXPECT THIS BIRTH AND
THE REALLY SWEET NAME, HOW THAT
MIGHT AFFECT THE DYNAMIC?
>> Reporter: I THINK THE FAMILY
DYNAMIC IS ROCK BOTTOM, IM
AFRAID.
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY IT IS ALL
FINE, THEYVE KISSED AND MADE
UP, BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION
THATS THE CASE.
ERIN WAS SAYING IN HER PIECE
THERE THAT WERE EXPECTING HARRY
TO COME OVER FOR THE UNVEILING
THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH DIANAS
60th BIRTHDAY, THE 1st OF JULY.
THE LATEST I HEARD IS HE IS
PLANNING ON FLYING IN AND FLYING
OUT ON THE SAME DAY.
THERES NO SUGGESTION THAT HELL
BE BRINGING BABY LILY OR ARCHIE
OR MEGHAN WITH HIM.
LOTS OF RUMORS ABOUT WHO THE
GODPARENTS ARE GOING TO BE.
I CAN TELL YOU, IT WONT BE
WILLIAM.
NOW, THATS BECAUSE THE ROYALS
DONT DO SIBLINGS AS GODPARENTS.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
AT WHO THEY CHOSE FOR ARCHIE,
THESE WERE THE OLD NANNY, FATHER
FIGURE, BRITISH PEOPLE.
I SUSPECT THIS TIME AROUND,
THEYLL BE FULL OF AMERICANS.
I THINK THAT WILL BE YET ANOTHER
DEPARTURE FROM THEIR OLD LIFE TO
THEIR NEW LIFE.
>> MAYBE OPRAH.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, CAN YOU
SEE OPRAH WINFREY?
>> Reporter: COULD BE.
>> MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THEY