As those who’ve watched the latest season of
The Crown will know – in which a young Lady Diana Spencer wins over the Royal Family by going on a successful deer stalking mission with Prince Philip – animal hunting is part of royal tradition. Yet such sports are increasingly seen as inhumane and environmentally damaging, with the Duke of Cambridge most recently having been called upon to make changes to how game shooting is conducted at Sandringham.
Game shooting is part of Royal Family tradition, with the famous Boxing Day pheasant shoot at Sandringham an annual staple of the festive season. This year, however, the Queen and Prince Philip will be celebrating Christmas ‘quietly’ at Windsor on account of the pandemic, rather than hosting typical festivities at the monarch’s Norfolk estate.
She has decided to forsake her traditional family Christmas at Sandringham for the first time in 33 years.
But, as she and Prince Philip remain at Windsor over the festive period, the Queen will no doubt have been alarmed to learn about the disquieting death of an owl killed in a trap on her beloved Norfolk estate .
Its inadvertent demise was called to the attention of the RSPCA and the local constabulary.
The incident happened in May but only became the subject of an investigation this month. We were contacted by a man wishing to inform us that on May 29 this year he found a Little Owl caught in a Fenn Trap on the Sandringham Estate next to Flitcham Barns, says the National Anti-Snaring Campaign.
Now we know who’s really top dog in 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has chosen his beloved Jack Russell cross, Dilyn, to star on the front of his Christmas card which he has jointly sent out with his fiancee, Carrie Symonds.
It is a bit of a break from tradition since many of his predecessors, including Tony Blair and David Cameron, put themselves and their (human) loved ones in the spotlight.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has chosen his beloved Jack Russell cross, Dilyn, to star on the front of his Christmas card which he has jointly sent out with his fiancee, Carrie Symonds