British royals Harry and Meghan received copious baby gifts, met a koala couple and posed in front of Sydney’s dazzling Opera House yesterday, on their first public outing since announcing they are to become parents. The happy prince and his US-born wife laughed and smiled as they were inundated with gifts – a pair of Australian baby Ugg boots, baby blankets, toy kangaroos and joeys – watched eucalyptus-munching koalas at the zoo and took a boat ride across Sydney Harbour at the start of a lengthy tour of the Pacific. “We genuinely couldn’t think of a better place to announce the, err, upcoming baby... a boy or a girl,” said a hesitant Harry, as he toasted his Sydney “mates” and lauded an afternoon reception for serving both tea and beer “in true Aussie style”.  Meghan wore a tight white dress by Australian designer Karen Gee and showed few signs of having a baby bump, to the mild disappointment of onlooking fans. This couple are on a 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga that had already been keenly watched but is now set to be a media frenzy that may test Australia’s large contingent of royal-sceptic republicans.


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