Sound the trumpets! Congratulations to James Packer and Erica Baxter who have welcomed into the world their first little princess, Ms Indigo Packer.

The Packer dynasty has a new heir, a girl named Indigo.

The first child to the media and gambling billionaire James Packer and his wife, Erica, was born at Sydney's Mater Hospital yesterday afternoon. Mrs Packer and Indigo were receiving visitors at the hospital last night.

The Channel Nine chief executive, David Gyngell, and his wife, Leila McKinnon, were among them. Mr Gyngell said the "beautiful little baby girl" was healthy and "looks just like her mother". He said James was "a very happy man".

Whether James was specifically stoked to learn Indigo resembles the Baxter brood rather than the Packer clan is unconfirmed.

Meanwhile, Erica is living it up at the Mater.

Mrs Packer has one of the three rooms, the baby another, and the third, full of flowers and fruit, is for guests. Visitors were last night celebrating with Johnnie Walker's rare Blue Label whisky.

Ritzy!

Now all that remains to be seen is whether the women's mags will work themselves into a dribbling frenzy over the choice of moniker (Indigo doesn't really work for me, it's a little too bogan chic...) like they did when poor little Sunday Rose entered the world. The Adelaide Advertiser are already puzzling over the name, informing us of the following facts...

... the infant's colourful name is likely to attract further scrutiny of Mr Packer's alternate religious beliefs and previous links to Scientology.

Sceptics denouned (sic) belief in the powers of Indigo children, so-called because of their allegedly powerful auras and ability to move things with their minds.

According to the new age theory, they are strong-willed and highly-sensitive individuals.

A more traditional reading of the baby's name derives from the indigo plant, which is used for its deep blue dye.

Wait... what? How is the idea of "indigo children" linked to Scientology? Now, if they'd named the little one Xenu or Hubbard, I could make a connection. Alternate religious belief (or "hippy shit", as it's also known) perhaps - a link to ScienceLOLogy, I'm not so sure. Maybe they are just into horticulture. Or lesbian folk musicians.

ATTENTION SCIENTOLOGISTS - THE READING MATERIAL AND DVDS YOU GAVE ME DID NOT COVER 'INDIGO CHILDREN' AT ALL*. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SPOON-BENDING PURPLEY KIDS? PLEASE ADVISE, THANK YOU.

*ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN AMUSING 'HIP HOP' SONG PERFORMED BY PARTICULARLY STREETWISE SCIENTOLOGIST YOUTHS.

 

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