Prince George, it seemed on Monday, was the latest to face such a request after being given a giant prehistoric shark tooth by the environmentalist and national treasure Sir David Attenborough, who had found it on a family holiday to Malta more than 50 years ago. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George (seated), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis with Sir David Attenborough (L) in the gardens of Kensington Palace. Late on Monday, however, Malta’s culture ministry appeared to row back from the threat to Prince George’s keepsake. The British royal family has long faced calls for the repatriation of a number of famous items, many the product of looting and plunder by explorers or soldiers over centuries or acquired through colonisation. George III offered it to the British Museum a few months after it arrived in Portsmouth in 1802.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2020 13:23 UTC