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Radio Berkshire,2 mins

Berkshire's Most Famous Pigs

Kirsten O'Brien

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The story of two Wargrave residents who rubbed elbows with the Prime Minister, received an Olympic gold medal and brought people together across the world. Whatever image you have in your head right now though, I can almost guarantee you're way off... Percy and Rupert are two pigs who took the world by storm. Their owner Mike Richards documented their lives on Facebook and at the peak of their fame more than 4,000 people from as far as Hong Kong, America, Russia and Australia were following updates on their life. Unfortunately the pigs are no longer with is, but now there's a new book out all about their time in the royal county, and Mike told me the pigs even had a brush with the law...

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