Hello! Magazine UK – 12 August 2019

heEarlandCountessofWessexwatch

bove)asViscountSevernandLadyLouise

indsorfeedgiraffesatBristolZoo,with

heirsonJamesmimickingtheanimals(left),

eforemumandkidstoastmarshmallows

(belowleft)

TAKING A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

ANIMAL MAGIC AND PRECIOUS

FAMILY TIME AT BRISTOL ZOO

THE WESSEXES

P

okingyourtongueoutis not

expectedfroma memberof

the royal family. But James,

ViscountSevernwasforgivenwhen

hemimickeda friendlygiraffeona

familydayouttoBristolZoo.

WiththeirfathertheEarlof

WessexandmothertheCountess

watching with a broadsmile,

11-year-oldJamesandhissister

LadyLouiseWindsor,15,bothtried

theirhandsfeedingtheanimalsin

thegiraffeenclosure,offeringup

branchesforthemtosnackon.

ThevisittoBristolZoo’sWild

PlaceProjectwasa rarepublic

outingfortheWessexes.Prince

Edwardwastheretoopenthenew

BearWoodattraction,theUK’s

largestexhibitofbrownbears,

whichis alsohometowolves,lynx

andwolverine.

Tomarktheoccasion,Edward,

55,whohasbeenpatronofthe

BristolZoologicalSocietysince

2013, unveileda plaque and

planteda tree,witha helpinghand

Sophie and

James test the

interactive

activities at

Bear Wood

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