The Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, has gone into labour with her first child.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the news to NBC News.

Prince Harry and the former “Suits” actress married last year in a chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, about 20 miles west of central London.

The baby will be Queen Elizabeth II’s eighth great-grandchild and Prince Charles’ fourth grandchild.

WuzupNaija gather that Kensington Palace had said that the birth would be revealed only once Harry and Meghan had the opportunity to celebrate privately. Unlike Harry’s brother Prince William, they didn’t share where the baby would be born.

Like many predictions about the royal baby, a U.S. astrologer said  the royal baby will be bold and courageous, and Harry will be the more patient parent, according to a

If, as royal watchers expect, Meghan gives birth in late April or the first week of May, the baby will be born under the zodiac sign of Taurus, the bull.