John Rendall became well known after he and his fellow Australian friend Anthony Ace Bourke, who lived in London s Chelsea, purchased the cub from Harrods, which traded in exotic animals at the time.
The astonishing story of Christian the lion has been back in the news today following the death aged 76 of Chelsea socialite John Rendall, who famously bought him as a cub from Harrods in 1969.