UK zoo names white rhino ‘Queenie’ after Elizabeth II
By DW
14 March 2022 |
2:33 pm
Queen Elizabeth II has been ruling the UK for 70 years and had cakes, ships, trains and numerous buildings named after her. But never a rhinoceros — until now.
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