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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's Wife, In Labor

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry's wife Meghan is in labor with
   their first child.
   The palace says the 37-year-old Duchess of Sussex started labor early
   Monday.
   She and 34-year-old Harry didn't disclose the location they chose for
   the birth. Throughout Meghan's pregnancy, they never revealed the
   baby's due date. They have said they didn't find out the sex in
   advance.

   The couple married at Windsor Castle last year. They have moved into
   nearby Frogmore Cottage, a royal residence on the grounds where they
   held their wedding reception.
   Journalists and well-wishers have been camped out for days in Windsor,
   about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of London.

   The child, the couple's first, will be seventh-in-line to the British
   throne.

   The baby will be the eighth great grandchild of the 93-year-old queen,
   the world's longest-reigning monarch, and could be entitled to hold
   joint British and American citizenship according to nationality rules.
   However, the child will not automatically be a prince or a princess as
   any such title will have to be bestowed by the queen by issuing what is
   known as a letter patent.