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Members of the Royal Family often have long and very proper titles, but they don’t call each other by them behind closed doors. In fact, many members of the Royal Family have cute and sometimes odd nicknames for one another. From “Cabbage” and “Gary” for the Queen and PG for Prince George, here is a list of some of the nicknames the Royal Family members go by.
The Queen
During her childhood, the Queen called her self “Tillabet”, before later being known as “Lilibet” by her close friends and family.
There are also a couple of rather odd monikers the Queen is called by close family.
Two of these are Prince Philip’s affectionate names for his wife, calling her “Cabbage” or “Sausage”.
Prince William was unable to pronounce Granny as a child and according to Daily Mail royal correspondent Richard Kay, a young Prince William was overheard shouting “Gary, Gary” after falling in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Mr Kay wrote: “A guest who went to help asked who Gary was, assuming it must be a member of the royal household.
“‘I’m Gary,’ explained the Queen, as she scooped him up. ‘He hasn’t learned to say Granny yet.’”
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Royal Family titles: Prince Philip calls the Queen ‘Cabbage’ or ‘Sausage’ (Image: GETTY)
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge
Kate already uses a nickname, as her full name is Catherine.
However, during the Chelsea Flower Show in 2016, Prince William was overheard calling his wife “darling”.
While looking at a poppy display William asked Kate: “Could you make one of these, darling?”
He was also heard calling Kate “poppet” as he took her back into the Lindo Wing after introducing Prince George to the world in July 2013.
When she attended St Andrew’s School in Berkshire as a child, Kate was given a rather unusual nickname.
She explained on a visit to the school years later: “I was nicknamed Squeak just like my guinea pig.
“There was one called Pip and one called Squeak because my sister was called Pippa and I was Squeak.”
Princess Beatrice
In an Instagram post on Thursday, Princess Eugenie congratulated her older sister on her engagement and called her by an adorable nickname.
She wrote: “Beabea, wow! I’m so happy for you my dearest big sissy and dear Edo.”
Beatrice’s mum Sarah, Duchess of York also revealed the nickname she affectionately calls her.
Writing on Instagram for Beatrice’s 30th birthday, Sarah wrote: “Happy birthday my Trixie – Belle so proud of you xx.”
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Royal Family titles: Kate revealed as a child she was known as ‘Squeak’ (Image: GETTY)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
Prince Harry simply shortens his wife’s name, calling her “Meg”.
He was overheard during an Invictus Games reception trying to get Meghan’s attention saying: “Meg! Meg!”
The Duchess of Sussex was also overheard speaking to Prince Harry while they posed for a photograph with the cast of West End play Hamilton.
She said: “Can you see, my love?”
Meghan’s mother also has a nickname for her daughter, with Meghan writing on her now shut down Instagram: “My mum has always called me ‘flower’. Nickname since I was a little girl.”
Royal Family titles: Earlier this week Meghan was heard calling Archie ‘Bubba’ (Image: GETTY)
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
While on a visit to Cape Town on Wednesday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry took their baby son Archie to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
During the meeting, PEOPLE reports Meghan as saying: “Say hello! Hello, hi,” before noticing her four-month-old son was dribbling.
She then said: “Oh, Bubba!” before Prince Harry wiped Archie’s face.
Prince George
One of the parents at Prince George’s school Thomas’s reportedly told Vanity Fair that George is “really happy” at school, where he’s “popular and has lots of friends”.
The parent of one of George’s contemporaries also revealed that his schoolmates call him “PG”.
The insider said: “His nickname is PG. There’s very little fuss made about who he is.”
Royal Family titles: At school George is reportedly known as ‘PG’ (Image: GETTY)
Princess Charlotte
During a visit to Kate’s Back To Nature Chelsea Flower Show garden, it appeared Prince William called Princess Charlotte by an affectionate nickname.
According to Cosmopolitan, in one video appears William calls Charlotte: “Mignonette” and Charlotte answers by saying: “Yeah?”
There is some uncertainty as to whether this is actually what William said, however, Twitter users believe he does call his daughter Mignonette in the footage.
This nickname could come from the French word mignon, which means small and delicate.
The Duchess of Cambridge has another adorable nickname for her daughter, reportedly calling her “Lottie” to one member of the public.
Kate was talking to blogger Laura-Ann in Belfast, and when Laura-Ann mentioned the age of her son, Kate reportedly replied he was nearly the same age as “Lottie”.
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