The Queen and Prince Philip unveil London Zoo's new lion enclosure

Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque on Thursday to commemorate the opening of the Land Of The Lions exhibit, an Asiatic lion enclosure at the ZSL London Zoo.

The Royals took a tour of the Zoo and visited the place where the Queen opened the New Lion Terraces at almost the same exact spot 40 years ago, in 1976.

Land of the Lions, the Zoo's largest project-to-date, will serve as a new breeding center for a group of endangered Asiatic lions, of which only 500 remain in their natural habitat.

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