Royal Insider
The look on Princess Charlotte’s face when she spied her hero, Sir David Attenborough, in her own backyard was priceless. The five-year-old clutched her face with both hands on her cheeks in unabashed delight, and if there had been a soundtrack to the photo released by Kensington Palace, I imagine we would have heard squealing the like of which is usually saved for rock stars.
Prince George, now a grown-up seven, was in equal raptures, if a little more restrained. The 94-year-old naturalist had come with treasure for this future king – a 23 million-year-old giant shark tooth he had found on a holiday in Malta in the 1960s. (Note to Mum and Dad: the bar for future birthdays has been set high!)
