King Charles and Queen Camilla have become comfortable with the unknown, entering into royal engagements with the knowledge that they will be meeting new people and taking part in unpredictable activities at every stop.
While they have proven their unwavering adaptability, a handful of unearthed photos show the one engagement where they were truly caught off guard.
During a visit to the Sandringham Flower Show in 2015, the then-Prince Charles and his wife, the then-Duchess of Cornwall, came face to face with a Bald Eagle called Zephyr, who was the mascot of the Army Air Corps, a regiment of which Charles served as Colonel-in-Chief for over three decades.
As it flapped its wings in close proximity to the royals, their startled expressions were captured on camera, with both leaning away and closing their eyes for protection during the visit to the late Queen Elizabeth's Norfolk estate, Sandringham.
Joking about his previous interactions with the bird, the BBC reported that Charles said: "That's why I'm not holding him. I've learnt from experience. I'm keeping well back."
However, after several media outlets suggested that the pair were "almost attacked" by Zephyr, which simply stretc...