Sir David Attenborough's priceless 23 million-year-old gift for Prince George

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Sir David Attenborough has left The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children absolutely delighted with a special gift.

The animal documentarian joined Prince William, Kate, and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis in the gardens at Kensington Palace for a special screening of his upcoming feature film David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share new photographs of their family with @DavidAttenborough. The photographs were taken earlier this week in the gardens of Kensington Palace, after The Duke and Sir David attended an outdoor screening of Sir David’s upcoming feature film 🎞️ ‘David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet’. With a shared passion for protecting the natural world, they continue to support one another in their missions to tackle some of the biggest environmental challenges our planet faces. This includes working together on The @EarthshotPrize 🌍 the most prestigious global environment prize in history – further details of which will be shared in the coming weeks. When they met, Sir David gave Prince George a tooth from a giant shark 🦷 the scientific name of which is carcharocles megalodon (‘big tooth’). Sir David found the tooth on a family holiday to Malta in the late 1960s, embedded in the island’s soft yellow limestone which was laid down during the Miocene period some 23 million years ago. Carcharocles is believed to have grown to 15 metres in length, which is about twice the length of the Great White, the largest shark alive today.

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While there he gifted the young royals with the tooth from a giant shark, which he found while on holiday in the 1960s.

Needless to say the children, especially future king George were thrilled to receive the 23 million-year-old tooth.

Family photos of the moment were shared with the official Kensington Royal Instagram, while another post was shared by David Attenborough on his own newly created Instagram page.

"We had an amazing afternoon earlier this week when David showed Prince William his new film,” the post read. “They both share a passion for protecting the natural world and are supporting one another to raise awareness of the solutions at hand to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. They're working together on the Earth Shot Prize too - more on that soon."

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