Savannah Hart was visiting England for a family holiday when she misplaced her toy, named Harriet. Her mother Katie realised the toy was missing the day after they visited the palace. But she could not find Harriet before they had to return home to Australia.

Ms Hart told Australian news channel 7NEWS: “The next day we were on a tour bus and I just had the thought and said, ‘Where’s Harriet?’”

The little girl’s heartbreak resulted in staff members from Woodside Kindergarten in Adelaide, where the monkey was originally from, tracking down the misplaced toy.

They wrote a letter to the Queen pleading for her to search for the monkey.

They also added several photos of Harriet’s other travels around the world.

This included trips to Northern Ireland, Scotland and France.

Teacher Robyn Herringer said: “We put in lots of photos of Harriet’s adventures around the world and all the children signed it and put it in an envelope and posted it off.”

The letter, addressed to ‘Madam’, read: “We are a small preschool located in Woodside, South Australia.

“We have some toy travelling monkeys that children take with them on holidays and bring back photos for their adventures.

“This helps our children learn more about the wider world.

“One of our monkeys, Harriet, recently visited Buckingham Palace with one of our little girls, Savannah. Unfortunately, Harriet was left behind in the activity room on the 13th August 2019.

“Savannah’s mother did contact palace staff and leave her name and email address in case she was found, but to date we have not heard from Harriet!

“Our children would dearly like her to Woodside to share her adventures.

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“Could you please look in the activity room to see if she is still there? She was last seen near the dress ups!

“We appreciate your taking the time to try and find our monkey.”

“The letter was signed: ‘Yours Sincerely, The Children of Woodside Preschool.’”

The staff were then shocked when the palace responded the next week.

The letter said Harriet was being well looked after.

There was also pictures of the monkey exploring the Queen’s home.

Harriet was then returned along with a new toy corgi called Rex.

A Royal Collection Trust spokeswoman said: “We aim to give every visitor to Buckingham Palace a memorable experience.

“After we had found Harriet the monkey near the Family Pavilion, she spent some time helping out the Visitor Services team before heading home. 

“We hope Harriet enjoyed telling Rex the corgi about her adventures on the journey back to Australia.”

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