Category: Museums
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Of George’s Giraffe and other museum animals
I was delighted to find myself followed on Twitter by @TheKingsGiraffe, the first living giraffe to be seen in England, a gift from Muhammad Ali, Pasha of Egypt to George IV in 1827. The Pasha was fond of giraffe diplomacy, also giving a giraffe to Charles X of France and one to Franz I of Austria.…