‘We’ve got some questions’: Britain’s Prince George, siblings quiz Sir David Attenborough. Watch

British naturalist Sir David Attenborough’s favourite animal is the monkey. “They’re such fun,” said the nonagenarian broadcaster, in response to a question by Britain’s Prince Louis, the youngest of the three children of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

“What animal do you like?” asked the young prince.

“I like monkeys best because they are such fun,” Sir David replied.

“Mind you, you can’t have monkeys sitting around the home because that’s not where they live,” he cautioned.

Prince Louis was joined by his elder siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte, each of whom had a question for the 94-year old naturalist.

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‘Sir David Attenborough, we’ve got some questions for you…,’the Kensington Palace tweeted while sharing the video of the three royals and Sir Attenborough.

Another animal that Sir Attenborough loves is the spider as they “are so clever.”

This was in response to the question by the five-year-old Princess Charlotte. 

“Hello, David Attenborough! I like spiders, do you like spiders too?” she asked.

“I love spiders. I am so glad you like them!” said Sir David. “I think they’re wonderful things.”

“Why is it that people are so frightened of them? I think it’s because they have actually got eight legs, which are much more than us. And if you’ve got eight legs you can move in any direction – so you can never be quite sure which way that spider is going to go!”

“But spiders are so clever. Have you ever watched one try to build its web? That is extraordinary. How does it make this circular web like that… how do they do it? Try and watch and see how they do it – it’s marvellous,” he said.

The seven-year-old Prince George, the eldest sibling had a serious question for the broadcaster. 

“What animal do you think will become extinct next?” the prince asked.

“Well, let’s hope there won’t be any,” said Sir David.

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“There are lots of things we can do when animals are in danger of extinction. We can protect them.”

He referred to the population of mountain gorillas in central Africa, which were “very, very rare” 40 years ago, had grown from 250 animals to more than 1,000, thanks to public awareness and global fund-raising.

“So you can save an animal if you want to and you put your mind to it,” he told the prince.

“People around the world are doing that because animals are so precious.”

“So let’s hope there won’t be any more that go extinct,” the famous naturalist said.