Totally ignoring the parts of the thread that see this as a boy-bashing thread, and instead focussing on the wider issues. I'm delighted for them, no matter what the sex, and I'm sure they don't give a shit what the rest of the country is thinking (because lets face it, even those of us who have had gender dissappointment from family are just so thrilled to have a happy healthy baby that we don't care)
BUT.... I too think it would have been more interesting from a media coverage aspect if it had been a girl. Obviously there are the nstitutional changes (which I'm sure may get conveniently set aside... apparently Australia are having real problems with one of the States and the whole Australian constitution becoming a point of principle (not the change itself, but how the change is implemented nationally). This allows them to avoid the issue in the hope that they become a Republic before it matters.)
icbineg - but this could have been an opportunity to change the princess meme. And show that princesses don't have to be pink, ditsy and only interested in their looks.
I would have been really interested to see what "career" path they found for a girl. Would they have been very progressive and suggested she do a stint in the armed forces to prepare her for her role as the head? Because that would do a lot to dispel stereotypes both for princesses and women in the army. Or perhaps, if she had the brains, suggested she try a full professional career, such as medicine, law etc. So much opportunity to provide a good, positive female role model.
We can also be pretty sure of Baby C's education as a boy, (London prep school; major public school (likely to be Eton - according to my friend, all Old Etonions aspire to send their children there), university, Sandhurst) whereas a girl? Malborough? Beneden? A smaller private boarding school? Even a day school?
But as I say, thrilled for them and not at all disappointed, apart from the