{"id":25194,"date":"2019-06-11T10:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1048500"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:05:15","slug":"prince-william-and-kate-middleton-meet-adorable-animal-friends-in-cumbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-meet-adorable-animal-friends-in-cumbria\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate Middleton Meet Adorable Animal Friends in Cumbria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019511\/rs_1024x759-190611082114-1024-Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-Cumbria-Visit-LT-061119-GettyImages-1149226305.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Prince William, Kate Middleton\" alt=\"Prince William, Kate Middleton\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Andy Commins &#8211; WPA Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49.033731853117\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"39.809564474808\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_william\">Prince William<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kate_middleton\">Kate Middleton<\/a><\/strong> made a few four-legged friends during their visit to Cumbria on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>While stopping by Keswick Market, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with a dog owner named <strong>Kerry Irving<\/strong> and his three spaniels. The royal couple had actually met Irving and his 11-year-old therapy dog <strong>Max<\/strong> at Buckingham Palace last month; however, it was their first time meeting&nbsp;his two other pups\u2014<strong>Paddy<\/strong>, 2, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince\">Prince<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Harry<\/strong>, 7 months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the youngest dog&#8217;s name gave William a bit of a chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, &#8216;This is Paddy, obviously that&#8217;s Max, and this one&#8217;s Prince Harry,&#8217; and he laughed [and] he said, &#8216;Oh yes. I remember you telling us about that,'&#8221; Irving recalled.<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate&#8217;s fondness for dogs should come as no surprise to royal admirers. After all, the couple owns an English cocker spaniel named <strong>Lupo<\/strong>, whom Kate referenced during the visit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then Kate was talking about her dog and she said, &#8216;Your dogs are so calm. Maybe we should lend you Lupo,'&#8221; Irving said. &#8220;And I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m quite happy to take Lupo for a walk&#8217;, and I said, &#8216;You are quite welcome to come with us.&#8217; And [William] said, &#8216;I&#8217;d love to, I&#8217;d really love to.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.381070983811\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19.501867995019\">\n<p>Irving has a special relationship with his dog Max. After suffering a car crash in 2006, Irving battled with depression. He then started walking Max, who was previously his neighbor&#8217;s dog, to help him through this difficult time and eventually adopted the dog. Now, Irving and his wife use their dogs to help others and raise funds for charities supporting mental health initiatives. As fans well know, William and Kate have championed mental health for years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to meeting with Irving and his pets, William and Kate sampled local cheese from a few market stall holders and spoke with residents about the various organizations that benefit those in Cumbria.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, the pair headed to a traditional fell sheep farm, where they met members of the farming community and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizzieITV\/status\/1138461530301898755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tried sheep shearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1048500\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-meet-adorable-animal-friends-in-cumbria?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Commins &#8211; WPA Pool\/Getty Images Prince William and Kate Middleton made a few four-legged friends during their visit to Cumbria on Tuesday. While stopping by Keswick Market, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with a dog owner named Kerry Irving and his three spaniels. 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