David Attenborough: I feared cockatoo would bite Princess Anne's finger off

Renowned naturalist tells Jonathan Ross of 1958 encounter with eight-year-old Princess Sir David Attenborough has revealed his fears that a cockatoo that he brought back from a foreign trip might attack a young Princess Anne. Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, on ITV, the naturalist was shown a 19...

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Published inTelegraph.co.uk
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Telegraph Media Group Limited 27.11.2015
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Ross, Jonathan
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Summary:Renowned naturalist tells Jonathan Ross of 1958 encounter with eight-year-old Princess Sir David Attenborough has revealed his fears that a cockatoo that he brought back from a foreign trip might attack a young Princess Anne. Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, on ITV, the naturalist was shown a 1958 photograph of him alongside Prince Charles and Princess Anne, on the nature show, Zoo Quest.