Town abuzz with word royalty lives among them

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Sounds like the plot of "The Princess Diaries III," but it's true.

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi is the 14-year-old out-of-wedlock daughter of Monaco's Prince Albert II and a California woman who reportedly worked as a waitress.

Unlike the fictional Mia of "The Princess Diaries," Jazmin won't face the painful decision of whether to take the throne of the 700-year-old dynasty. The royal family of the tiny principality recognized her Thursday but said she will not be in line to the throne.

Her life quickly took on the trappings of royalty -- namely, the hordes of paparazzi -- after word came from Europe that Albert acknowledged that he was the teenager's father.

-- The Associated Press