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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Baby Asian elephant named Thai word for Queen in honour of the late monarch

A baby Asian elephant has been named the Thai word for “Queen” in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

The late monarch was patron of the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, where she shook the trunk of Donna the elephant in 2017 after opening the Bedfordshire zoo’s centre for elephant care.

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