Did You Know?

...that the Earl of Mountbatten and his family had a strange collection of pets from all over the world. These included a honey bear, mongoose, bush baby, lion cub, kangaroo but most intriguingly of all a chameleon they called Gandhi. Although this was before he became the last Viceroy of India, it would be interesting to know why he chose this name for this particular animal?


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