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Kyle O'Sullivan

Why Oprah Winfrey rejected being Princess Lilibet's godmother with bizarre reason

Princess Lilibet has a number of famous godparents - but it looks like Oprah Winfrey is not one of them.

It's been revealed that American billionaire Tyler Perry is the one-year-old's godfather as he flew to California for her intimate christening last Friday.

Big brother Archie was christened in the grand surroundings of Windsor Castle, but Lilibet's ceremony happened at her home in Montecito in front of 20 to 30 rumoured guests.

No members of the Royal Family attended, but King Charles was notified of Harry and Meghan's intention to use the titles for their children

Many people are convinced that Oprah is the mystery godmother, but the chat show legend gave an unusual reason as to why she doesn't want to be back in 2021.

Princess Lilibet was christened last week (Misan Harriman/Duke and Duchess of Sussex HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Archie and Lilibet have been given new titles (alexilubomirski/Instagram)

Oprah attended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding back in 2018 and famously secured their controversial interview three years later.

In their Netflix docuseries, Harry and Meghan revealed that Oprah was one of the only people to visit them at Frogmore Cottage.

Harry said Oprah came over for tea and was stunned by where they were living, telling them: "No one would ever believe it."

Oprah, who was the couple's neighbour in California, would be the ideal choice for godmother and has said she "loves" Lilibet's name.

When asked about speculation that she was a shoe in for godmother, she said: "I don't need to be a godmother, I'm a godmother by default."

"I'm a neighbour, I'm a friend and all that, you probably need someone younger to be the godmother!"

Although it doesn't necessarily rule Oprah out, as Harry and Meghan are highly unlikely to take that as a valid reason, as ever-youthful Oprah would be a great choice.

It seems very likely that Lilibet's godparents could all be friends of Meghan, because the ones chosen for Archie were all related to Harry.

While it's never been officially announced, it's been widely reported that Harry and William's childhood nanny Alexandra Pettifer, better known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was chosen.

The other godparents are believed to be Harry's close pal Charlie van Straubenzee and Mark Dyer, a royal aide and trusted protector who is seen as the prince's 'second dad'.

If things were being done evenly, it would make sense that Lilibet's godparents would be people who are special to Meghan.

One of the names in the hat is Serena Williams, who is a close friend of the Sussexes and was a guest at their 2018 wedding.

Other possibilities could be Meghan's old friend Jessica Mulroney, Amal Clooney or Ellen DeGeneres.

If Lilibet was going to have a royal godparent, it would probably fall to either Princess Eugenie or Sarah Ferguson.

Eugenie was the first and possible only royal visitor to see the Sussexes when they moved to California and has spent time with Lili.

While Fergie did recently claim she "does not really know Meghan", she has a great bond with nephew Harry and famously taught the American how to curtsey.

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