Camilla Cuddles A Roo!!

by Tom Sykes Nov 5, 2012 8:20 AM EST

Camilla met a marsupial today

Royal picture of the tour so far.

Camilla showed she's game for anything today when she cuddled an injured baby kangaroo in the Aussie outback, declaring "Well, there's a first time for everything."

155458220CJ00002_THE_PRINCE — Chris Jackson / Getty Images

The baby kangaroo, called Rooby Bloo, was injured when it was hit by a car. Its human nurses, Carley and Nicholas Walker, actually brought the maimed marsupial along to greet Charles and Camilla as they arrived in the town of Longreach, Queensland, on their Diamond Jubilee tour.

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