Sir David Attenborough gifts Prince George a fossil at royal screening

A renowned British naturalist Sir David Attenborough has met with Royals at a private viewing of his new documentary at Kensington Palace. He brought an expensive gift for Prince George. 

Sir David gave a fossilized giant tooth of an extinct shark to Prince George during the visit. 

Prince George seemed delighted as he saw the tooth of a carcharocles megalodon, a shark that was once a sea predator.

Prince William and Sir David both work on environmental issues.

Both watched A Life On Our Planet, in which Sir David reflects on the defining moments of his life’s work and the devastating changes he has witnessed. The event was held in the palace grounds to observe social distancing.

Kensington royal shared the news on Instagram. The caption read, “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share new photographs of their family with David Attenborough,”

“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.” 

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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.

A post shared by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@kensingtonroyal) on Sep 26, 2020 at 2:30pm PDT