Kate's baby - if it's a girl - will be marked from birth

If Prince William has a daughter, she can succeed to the throne, and to a life of gender-defined scrutiny, says Suzanne Harrington.

THE wife of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson is about to have a baby. This is the most important British royal birth since the baby’s father and uncle, William and Harry, in 1982 and 1984 — one day, he or she may wear the crown.

Yes, she. Having removed primogeniture, William and Kate’s baby will be the first royal child to become monarch irrespective of gender.