Queen Elizabeth II is set to become a great-grandmother for the first time at the age of 84 after Buckingham Palace announced Friday that the Canadian wife of her grandson is pregnant.
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Peter Phillips, son of the queen's daughter Princess Anne and 11th in line to the throne, and his wife Autumn are expecting a child in December, officials said.
"The queen and Duke of Edinburgh, as well as Autumn's family, have been informed and are delighted with the news," the palace said in a statement.
The couple married at Windsor Castle, the queen's home west of London, in 2008, and live in Hong Kong.
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