Founded by naturalist David Attenborough
Malta allows Prince George to keep the ancient shark tooth
Attenborough gifted the tooth to Prince George during a special show in Kensington Palace.
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Malta decided to allow the little British prince, George, who is seven, to keep an antique fossil found by naturalist David Attenborough on the island in the late 1960s, and finally donated it to the young prince.
And the Maltese Minister of Culture, Jose Herrera, said last Sunday that he would press for the return of the shark tooth fossil to the country.
“We are paying a lot of attention - rightly - to historical and artistic antiquities,” he added.
However, this is not always the case with our natural history .. I am determined to direct change of this position.
A spokesman for the Maltese Ministry of Culture said yesterday that Malta has changed its mind.
The spokesman explained to the "Times of Malta", the local news, that "the minister wishes to indicate that, regarding this issue, there is no intention to continue looking into this issue any longer."
The spokesman did not say the reason, which prompted the transformation.
And Attenborough found the fossil, which is 23 million years old, while he was on vacation with his family in the late 1960s.
He gave it to Prince George, Prince William's eldest son, during a special screening at Kensington Palace of his latest documentary, called "A Live on Our Planet" (Life on Our Planet), which centers on nature.
23 million years old, the age of the fossil that Malta claims.
A British scientist found the fossil in the late 1960s.
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