Royal Receives Megalodon Tooth From David Attenborough

In Jaws, Matt Hooper famously couldn't keep hold of a great white shark's tooth for more than a couple of minutes. To be fair he did have Ben Gardner looming at him unexpectedly.

Well now, the Naturalist Sir David Attenborough has handed Prince George, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a Megalodon tooth he has managed to keep hold of for the last 50 years, after he found it on the island of Malta.

The renowned naturalist and broadcaster was in the gardens of Kensington Palace after a private screening of Attenborough's latest environmental documentary, A Life On Our Planet, which focuses on the harm that has been done to the natural world in recent decades.

On the same day he met the Royals, he was reaching out to the younger generation via Instagram for the first time, with record breaking results. 

Attenborough broke the record for the shortest time taken to amass one million followers on Instagram, Guinness World Records said. Taking the 94 year old just over four hours to reach the milestone.

He warned people in a video that "the world is in trouble," listing examples including the melting of glaciers.

Not that he is done yet, as he plans several more messages over the social media platform in the coming weeks. 

Written by TDJ Royal Correspondent  Dean Newman

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