Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Reveal Tyler Perry Is the Godfather to Their Daughter, Lili
It was previously known that media mogul Tyler Perry offered the Duke and Duchess of Sussex the use of his California home after the couple stepped down from royal duties and left the United Kingdom. However, a new tidbit has been revealed in the new Netflix docuseries, Harry and Meghan.
Perry confirmed that he is the godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, who was born in June of 2021.
"We'll call and we'll chat and we'll talk about silly things, but they were pretty serious on the phone and I go, 'Okay, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd like for you to be Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I had to take a minute to take that in," Perry says, per Harper's Bazaar. "And I thought, 'I'd be honored. I'd be absolutely honored.'"
The producer/director elaborated on his one condition before accepting.
"I got off the phone, took it all in, and then called them back, and I go, 'Uh, hold on a second—does that mean we gotta go over there and do all of that in the church with [the royal family] and figure that all out, because I don't wanna do that," he says. "Maybe we can do a little private ceremony here and let that be that, and if you have to do it there, then that's okay."
In the final episode of the series, the couple shares photos of Lilibet who was named after the late Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana.