By Wonderwall.com Editors
3:13pm PDT, Sep 13, 2023
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What's cuter than our favorite royals playing with animals all over the world? Not much! We're taking a look back at some of the best encounters between members of Britain's royal family and members of the animal kingdom, starting with this snapshot…
Princess Kate, who's patron of The Forward Trust, visited HMP High Down — a prison — in Sutton, England, on Sept. 12, 2023, to learn about how the charity supports those in the criminal justice system as they manage and recover from addictions.
She's seen here being sniffed by a drug detection dog inside the facility.
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Queen Camilla met with members of the community as well as some Welsh livestock — including this alpaca — at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon, Wales, on July 20, 2023.
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla met with members of the community as well as some Welsh livestock — including this alpaca — at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon, Wales, on July 20, 2023.
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh scratched 11-month Sunny's belly during a puppy class at the Guide Dogs Training Centre in Reading, England, while participating in the Big Help Out on May 8, 2023.
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh met a pup training to become a guide dog during a puppy class at the Guide Dogs Training Centre in Reading, England, while participating in the Big Help Out on May 8, 2023.
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Queen Consort Camilla met Blixen the reindeer at Clarence House in London on Dec. 7, 2022. King Charles III's wife invited children supported by Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity to the royal residence to decorate a Christmas tree and receive a few festive surprises.
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Duchess Kate leaned down to give her dog, Orla, a good pet at the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Cup at Guards Polo Club in Windsor, England, on July 6, 2022.
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Prince William and Duchess Kate helped introduce Prince George to a little bilby at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney on April 20, 2014.
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Duchess Kate greeted Bob the cat and his owner, James Bowen, at the "A Street Cat Named Bob" film premiere in London on Nov. 3, 2016. Something tells us Kate prefers dogs to cats…
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Prince Harry worked with African Parks in Malawi as part of the 500 Elephants initiative in the summer of 2016. (He spray painted a sedated young male to ensure that the animal would be kept with his family during a massive relocation project.)
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the new elephant center at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, Dunstable, England, on April 11, 2017. Only the queen could look so regal giving a banana to a pachyderm!
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Duchess Kate and Prince William really got into the holiday spirit on Dec. 8, 2021: The royals got to pet a reindeer ahead of their Christmas carol service in London.
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What a wooly beauty! Duchess Kate stroked a lamb as farmer's daughter Clover Chapman looked on during a visit to Manor Farm in Little Stainton, Durham, England, on April 27, 2021.
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Prince Charles pet Monty the dog as wife Duchess Camilla looked on during a visit to the Cabinet Office in London on Feb. 13, 2020.
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Prince William watched as Duchess Kate handled a tarantula named Charlotte, from Kidz Farm, during a tour of the Ulster University Magee Campus in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Sept. 29, 2021.
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While Duchess Kate held a spider, Prince William handled a snake during a tour of the Ulster University Magee Campus in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Sept. 29, 2021.
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Duchess Kate handled Gus the Guinea Pig during a HugglePets visit with a group of school children from Loxdale Primary School in Wolverhampton, England, to mark Mental Health Awareness Week on May 13, 2021.
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During a visit to the Kerikeri Primary School in Waitangi, New Zealand, on Nov. 20, 2019, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall met the school's therapy dog, Meg, as student Liam Curtis read to the cute canine.
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Prince Charles met two llamas during a Future is Bright event at Kaikoura Memorial Hall in Kaikoura during his royal visit to New Zealand on Nov. 23, 2019.
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Duchess Kate and Prince William meat a therapy puppy named Alfie — an apricot cockapoo funded through hospital charity ELHT&me using a grant from NHS Charities Together — during a visit to meet NHS staff and patients at Clitheroe Community Hospital in Clitheroe, England, on Jan. 20, 2022.
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Prince William met 5-month-old Irish red setter Tara, a PTSD training dog, in Belfast on Sept. 9, 2020.
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Prince William and Duchess Kate got tangled up as they played with golden Labrador puppies Salto and Sky during a visit to the Army Canine Centre near Islamabad, Pakistan, where the UK provides support to a program that trains dogs to identify explosive devices, during day five of their royal tour of Pakistan on Oct. 18, 2019.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and daughter Lady Louise Windsor fed giraffes at the Wild Place Project in Bristol, England, on July 23, 2019.
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Prince Harry met Bella the Cockapoo during Dr. Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Global Leadership Meeting at St. George's House at Windsor Castle in WIndsor, England, on July 23, 2019.
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Duchess Kate looked beyond ecstatic to feed a baby elephant during her visit to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation in India's Kaziranga National Park on April 13, 2016. Can you blame her for being so giddy?
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Duchess Camilla posed with a donkey during a visit to the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary in Devon, England, on July 17, 2019.
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Prince Charles posed with two workhorses while visiting the Tyn-y-Coed Forest in Wales on July 1, 2019.
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Prince Charles met the Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team — including their new search and rescue dog, Rowan — during a visit to Upper Lake in Glendalough on the second day of his royal visit to Ireland on May 21, 2019.
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Prince Charles got up close and personal with an iguana at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands' Blue Iguana Recovery Centre on March 28, 2019, during his 12-day royal tour of the Caribbean with wife Duchess Camilla.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan met Ruby — a mother koala who gave birth to a joey named Meghan in the former actress's honor — during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Oct. 16, 2018. How cute are they?!
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Duchess Camilla greeted a horse at the National Equestrian Center in Havana, Cuba, during her 12-day royal tour of the Caribbean with her husband, Prince Charles, on March 27, 2019.
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Duchess Kate got up close and personal with Domhnall, the Irish Wolfhound mascot of the First Battalion Irish Guardsmen, at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in London on March 17, 2019.
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Duchess Camilla pet a beautiful dog during a visit to the Avoca Mill in County Wicklow during her royal visit to Ireland with Prince Charles on May 21, 2019.
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Princess Anne was snapped with one of her Bull Terrier dogs on Day 1 of The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park in Stroud, England, on Aug. 3, 2018.
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Duchess Camilla pet some local dogs while on a royal visit to Devon on July 17, 2019.
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Prince Charles couldn't help himself while meeting an explosives search dog at Heathrow airport in London on March 13, 2018.
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Prince Harry played polo during the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club in Windsor, England, on July 26, 2018.
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Duchess Camilla loved on a little dog during a "Celebration of Community" event in Lisnaskea, Northern Ireland, during an official royal visit to the Emerald Isle on May 21, 2019.
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Duchess Meghan cuddled a Jack Russell called Minnie in London on Jan. 16, 2019.
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Queen Elizabeth II visited the Large Animals Clinical Skills Building at the University of Surrey on Oct. 15, 2015.
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Duchess Kate looked downright thrilled to be feeding a lamb from a bottle at a farm in Arlingham in Gloucestershire, England, on May 3, 2017.
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Prince William looked a little wary while participating in a falconry display at The Anglesey Show in Wales on Aug. 14, 2013.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan appeared with farmer Scott Woodley during a visit to his drought-affected farm of Mountain View in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, on Oct. 17, 2018, during their official royal tour Down Under.
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Prince William helped feed an elephant a carrot at a sanctuary in Xishuangbanna's Nature Reserve in China on March 4, 2015.
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Prince Harry got in on the action while watching a display of jumping dogs with Duchess Meghan at a community barbecue in Victoria Park in Dubbo, Australia, on day two of their royal tour Down Under on Oct. 17, 2018.
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Prince Charles checked out a monkfish, an example of some of the catch that is sold at the market, by fisherman Jimmy Buchan as he visited Peterhead Fish Market in Peterhead, Scotland, on Sept. 29, 2018.
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Duchess Meghan met an echidna during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Oct. 16, 2018.
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Prince Harry couldn't help but melt when meeting a medical alert dog in Orlando, Florida, in May 2016.
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Prince Harry, Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, posed with Jester the dog as he attended the U.K. team trials for the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 held at the University of Bath on April 7, 2017.
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Prince Harry planted a smooch on this horse's nose while at the Nature Fun Ranch in St. Andrew, Barbados, on Dec. 2, 2016.
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Prince William picked up his dog, Lupo, and showered him with love at the Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire, England, on June 17, 2012.
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Prince William and Duchess Kate held police dog puppies close during a visit in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 16, 2014. How tiny are these guys?!
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Prince Charles looked shocked and surprised while holding a Tuatara lizard during his visit to Orokonui Ecosanctuary in Dunedin, New Zealand, to mark Conservation Week on Nov. 5, 2015.
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Duchess Kate presented the Regimental Irish Wolfhound Domhnall with his own sprig of shamrock at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Aldershot, England, on March 17, 2014. That dog is almost the size of Kate!
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Prince William looked relaxed atop a white horse at the Audi Polo Challenge at Coworth Park in Berkshire, England, on May 28, 2016.
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Prince Charles looked straight into the eyes of this bald eagle — his name is Zephyr — at the Sandringham Flower Show in Norfolk, England, on July 31, 2013.
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Prince Harry released turtles on Lovers Beach in Nevis in the Caribbean on Nov. 23, 2016.
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Prince Harry met Shenkin the Goat, the Regimental Mascot of the Royal Welsh, during the "Zulu" 50th anniversary film screening in London on June 10, 2014.
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Prince Harry stopped to say hello to a little animal on a walkabout at Cashel Street Mall in Christchurch, New Zealand, on May 12, 2015.
