King Charles grants goat a Royal title!
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King Charles III has given a Royal title to a goat.
The goat, named SummervilleTamsin, lives in Guernsey, which is part of the Channel Islands, and was visited by the King and Queen Camilla this week as part of a royal tour.
Tamsin was awarded the rare royal title in a special ceremony by the King, where she was given a golden bell collar to wear by her owner, nine-year-old Joe.
The new title means that the breed of goats Tamsin belongs to - the Golden Guernsey goat - will now officially be called the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat.
Royal Golden Guernsey Goats are listed as 'at risk' on the Rare Breeds Watchlist, and people hope this special title will help to raise more awareness of the goats.
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More Royal animal visits
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip tried their hand at zoo keeping back in 2017 when they fed bananas to an elephant at Whipsnade Zoo.
The seven-year-old elephant, named Donna, whipped her favourite treat from the Royal couple's hands at the opening of the new £2 million centre for elephant care on Tuesday 11 April 2017.
The facility cares for a herd of nine Asian elephants, which are considered endangered due to habitat loss, poaching and human conflict.
In January 2024 the Duke of Edinburgh made friends with the world's oldest living land animal - a giant tortoise named Jonathan.
The record-breaking tortoise is aged 192-years-old, and this is not his first brush with royalty.
Jonathan has previously met King George IV, his wife the Queen Mother, his daughters Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II, and finally the former Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip.