The north Norfolk handler of an award-winning goat has told of his encounter with Prince William at the Royal Norfolk Show. 

Handler Teigh O’Neill, 42 and from Holt, spoke to the Prince of Wales at the event, after two-year-old goat Teion Meika won the Quen’s prize. 

Mr O’Neill said William “was very interested” in the goat. 

He said: “It was nice to see him interacting with everybody.”

North Norfolk News: The Prince of Wales presents the Queen's trophy to a goat called Teion Meika, who is British Saanen breed, and her handler Teigh O’Neill during the Royal Norfolk ShowThe Prince of Wales presents the Queen's trophy to a goat called Teion Meika, who is British Saanen breed, and her handler Teigh O’Neill during the Royal Norfolk Show (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Saanens are named after a valley in Switzerland where selective breeding of dairy goats has taken place for several hundred years.

They were imported to the UK from Holland in 1922 and greatly influenced the development of British goats. 

The Queen’s trophy, first presented 42 years ago, rotates around the show to a different type of animal each year, with this year being the turn of the goat.

William, 41, arrived by helicopter to the show, going on a walkabout and presenting prizes to young farmers displaying cattle.

As he went to his waiting Range Rover he was surrounded by excited schoolchildren. He high-fived a few of them and said: “You’re the most vocal children I’ve ever met, including my own!”