Prince William and Kate Middleton have shared sweet snaps of their children with David Attenborough.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a family viewing of the natural historian’s upcoming feature film David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, along with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Sharing some photos from the day to Instagram on Saturday, they wrote: “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.”
Meanwhile David Attenborough, who joined Instagram earlier this week at the age of 94, shared a photo alongside Prince William as they sat side-by-side at the outdoor screening.
He wrote: “We had an amazing afternoon earlier this week when David showed Prince William his new film.
“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 @earthshotprize too – more on that soon.”
David Attenborough recently became the fastest person to reach a million followers on Instagram.
The record was previously held by Jennifer Aniston, who joined the platform last October.
The 94-year-old shared his first Instagram post on Thursday morning, and just four hours later, he reached a million followers.
The record was confirmed by a spokesperson for Guinness World Records, who told Metro.co.uk: “I am pleased to confirm this record has now been verified by us.”
In his first Instagram post, the natural historian said he was joining the platform because “the world is in trouble”.
David plans to use his account to share important messages about saving the planet, and tackling climate change.
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