{"id":269342,"date":"2019-03-14T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1023507"},"modified":"2019-03-14T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:21:00","slug":"meghan-markle-gets-ready-for-maternity-leave-with-last-royal-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/meghan-markle-gets-ready-for-maternity-leave-with-last-royal-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Gets Ready for Maternity Leave With Last Royal Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32.576335877863\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019214\/rs_634x1024-190314065504-634-Meghan-Markle-Commonwealth-LND-LT-031419-GettyImages-1135170012.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Meghan Markle, Commonwealth Day Service\" alt=\"Meghan Markle, Commonwealth Day Service\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"12.962085308057\">\n<p>With no more public engagements currently on the calendar, it seems&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/meghan_markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong> is in the home stretch of her pregnancy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that the Duchess of Sussex is expecting her first child with husband <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_harry\">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong>, but the little one&#8217;s arrival seems imminent now that the American star&#8217;s public calendar has seemingly lightened up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The public last spotted the mom-to-be on Monday, when she stepped out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1022473\/kate-middleton-and-meghan-markle-squash-feud-rumors-with-a-kiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual Commonwealth Day service<\/a> at Westminster Abbey along with other members of the royal family. Earlier in the day, she and Harry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1022394\/why-meghan-markle-didn-t-wear-her-engagement-ring-for-commonwealth-event-with-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited Canada House in London<\/a> for an event with Canadians living in the U.K.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"52.882488479263\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.1705069124424\">\n<p>According to the Press Association, while she has nothing new on the calendar in the weeks ahead, Markle is reportedly still working behind the scenes, including a meeting with the Royal National Theater&#8217;s artist director and executive director reportedly held on Wednesday at Kensington Palace. Fans may remember she was announced as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1003726\/meghan-markle-supports-causes-close-to-her-heart-with-4-new-royal-patronages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a patron of the theater back in early January<\/a>. E! News has reached out to the palace for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.071884984026\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201926\/rs_634x1024-190306045027-634-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-We-Day-LND-LT-030619-20424593-1.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, WE Day\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, WE Day\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jonathan Brady\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"14.970149253731\">\n<p>While Kensington Palace had not announced a more specific due date other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/971040\/meghan-markle-is-pregnant-expecting-first-child-with-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;spring of 2019,&#8221;<\/a> the pregnant royal revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1004750\/meghan-markle-reveals-her-due-date-on-walkabout-with-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on a January walkabout<\/a> that she is due at&nbsp;the end of April or early May.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In December 2018, she attended customary Christmas Day church service with the royal family, where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/999401\/meghan-markle-gives-an-update-on-her-due-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared an update on the pregnancy<\/a> with a fan who greeted them outside.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said, &#8216;We are excited. We&#8217;re nearly there,'&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>Karen Anvil&nbsp;<\/strong>told E! News.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that Markle is expected to continue with private meetings, though her public calendar does not have any new additions currently.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"52.838422391858\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.9923664122137\">\n<p>If she follows suit with sister-in-law&nbsp;<strong>Kate&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Middleton<\/strong>, the mother of three began maternity leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/922338\/kate-middleton-keeps-it-cute-and-casual-for-last-engagement-before-maternity-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">almost exactly a month<\/a> before she gave birth to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_louis\">Prince Louis<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/923560\/kate-middleton-gives-birth-to-baby-no-3-with-prince-william\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last April<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While we may not see the future new mom again before her little one is born, the good news is the next royal baby&#8217;s arrival is only a few more weeks away\u2014and just in time for the couple&#8217;s first wedding anniversary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1023507\/meghan-markle-gets-ready-for-maternity-leave-with-last-royal-engagement?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karwai Tang\/WireImage With no more public engagements currently on the calendar, it seems&nbsp;Meghan Markle is in the home stretch of her pregnancy.&nbsp; It&#8217;s no secret that the Duchess of Sussex is expecting her first child with husband Prince Harry, but the little one&#8217;s arrival seems imminent now that the American star&#8217;s public calendar has seemingly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 19:43:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}