Never work with children or animals, the old showbiz adage goes – advice that was clearly lost on Princess Beatrice‘s friend Alice Naylor-Leyland.
Her business, Mrs Alice, which creates themed dining sets, staged a video shoot involving various creatures to promote its autumn collection at Deene Park in Northamptonshire.
But one owl forgot its table manners and gave her a fright as it took flight while perched on her hand.
In the clip, which she posted online, Alice – wearing a £3,706 Gemy Maalouf strapless embroidered dress with a cage skirt – was captured screaming: ‘Quite clearly, I can’t talk about a plate!’
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