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On a midwinter morning in 1315, King Edward II stroll through through his royal estate at Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.

His breath steams in front of him.

The frosted ground crunches beneath his boots.

And in the distance he hears a sound that takes him back to his childhood.

It's a low, throaty croak, which gives way to a rich rumbling belch.

It's an exotic cry, one that can be heard almost nowhere else in England.

It's made by an animal that has no real business being here.

It's a camel.

Edward has kept camels here at Kings Langley ever since he became king seven and a half years ago. He pays a fine salary to a camel keeper called Ralph Camel. Well what else? To make sure that the beasts are

well tended to. There's a section of the sprawling estate

that's known as Camels Land, and here Ralph Camel grows all the

tasty snacks the animals love, oats and barley, haygrass and beans.

This isn't just a royal whim, it's Plantagenet tradition.

Edwards Granddad, Henry III, a real animal lover, was sent a camel as a present by the

Holy Roman Emperor who picked them up from his contacts in the Middle East.

Edward's dad, Edward I, also had a spot at Kings Langley for his own ships of the desert.

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