THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex have adopted a gorgeous new dog as a surprise new addition to their growing family.
Mamma Mia, a seven-year-old rescue dog, joins fellow beagle Guy and a black Labrador thought to be named Pula at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s family home in Montecito, California.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Mamma Mia was rescued along with 4,000 other beagles by federal authorities in Virginia in July.
Shannon Keith, an animal rights attorney who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, told the newspaper: “The duchess called me personally. She calls on my cell with no Caller ID and says, ‘Hey Shannon, this is Meghan.”
Ms Keith said they talked for 30 minutes and she wondered if it was Megan Fox, but it was indeed the Duchess of Sussex.
The newspaper said Meghan and Harry made an after-hours visit and played with Mia who had been brought there with eight of her newborn puppies.
It comes as Meghan released the first of her Archetypes podcast series this week.
In the debut episode, the Duchess of Sussex shared her trauma after her son Archie narrowly escaped a fire in his bedroom during a Royal Tour to South Africa.
She recalled the experience during her & Prince Harry’s visit to Serena Williams on her long-awaited Archetypes podcast, released on Spotify this week.
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