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May 06, 2011
One week after tying the knot, Prince William and his bride, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are wasting no time when it comes to expanding their family.William, 28, and Catherine, 29, are the proud new parents of a baby penguin!
The royals -- who make their home in Anglesey -- adopted the baby animal, named Acorn, The Chester Zoo announced Friday.
Given as a wedding gift, officials at the northwest England zoo say the animal will remain in his habitat with 49 other Humbolt penguins.
"Hopefully the happy couple will come and see little Acorn playing in his pool very soon," a zoo spokesman said Friday.
The lucky animal beat out 400 other species of penguins in a vote conducted on the zoo's social networking sites. The Humbolt penguin received more than 20 percent of the votes, thus making it the animal the couple will sponsor.
"It's a real honour to be able to boast Prince William and Kate as penguin adopters," says the spokesman.
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