Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis must now keep pet chickens indoors as hundreds of the birds are culled a mile from their home in bird flu outbreak

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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have been told they must keep their chickens indoors after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed near their home.

Published: 11:49 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 12:34 GMT, 12 November 2026

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have been told they must keep their chickens indoors after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed near their home.

The outbreak occurred at a commercial farm near their Anmer Hall country home in Norfolk after a strain of avian influenza was found on Monday.

The children are known to have helped raise the small flock of chickens and regularly collect the eggs from the henhouse to use in the kitchen.

But the chickens will now have to be locked in their coop after Norfolk's first case of bird flu this autumn was confirmed at the farm by the Government.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been discovered and a 1.8 mile protection zone and a surveillance zone have now been put in place around the site.

The hen houses, part of King Charles’ Royal Sandringham estate, are within that zone and the field is less than one mile from Anmer Hall.

The protective zone means there are restrictions on the movement of birds and eggs and on people coming into contact with them.

Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are seen in Norfolk, England

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