While holding a snake at a petting zoo, William told the staff, “George is obsessed with snakes, he\u2019s going to be so upset he missed this.”<\/p>\n
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The news was first shared back in 2021, when the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Northern Ireland in one of their first engagements following the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
As the couple mingled with fans and employees at a petting zoo, William was presented with a snake to hold. While some wouldn\u2019t dream of holding the reptile, the Prince of Wales was keen, holding the snake as a laughing Catherine looked on.<\/p>\n
During the visit, the Princess of Wales also revealed that animals played a huge part in the family\u2019s lives during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve had lots of animals during lockdown,” Kate reportedly told the handlers, adding “During lockdown, animals are often like therapy.”<\/p>\n
Known for their good-natured competitiveness, the Princess also stepped up to show off her bravery, being photographed holding a tarantula.<\/p>\n
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And as it turns out, another one of their children might have been jealous to miss out on this moment.<\/p>\n
It would seem George isn\u2019t the only one of the Wales children who has an affinity for unusual animals.<\/p>\n
In 2020, the Prince and Princess of Wales shared a video featuring their three young children speaking with environmentalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough \u2013 who helped Prince William launch his Earthshot Prize that same year.<\/p>\n
Princess Charlotte \u2013 who was five at the time – asked the Planet Earth filmmaker, “I like spiders, do you like spiders too?”<\/p>\n
He replied to the young princess’s surprising question and revelation by saying, “I love spiders, I’m so glad you like them!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether it\u2019s Prince William and Princess Catherine\u2019s dog Orla and the recent news of her puppies or the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-240527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}