A monkey was named after the royal baby Prince George as Chessington zoo experienced a boom in births.

New arrivals include meerkats, a sitatunga, a tamarin monkey and squirrel monkeys, gentle lemurs and a Standing’s day gecko.

The tamarin was named George after the future King of England, while the gecko is the first of its kind at Chessington.

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Alexander the squirrel monkey was also named after the royal baby


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