WILLIAM and Kate stole the limelight on Friday but these were the four-legged variety.

The Highland cattle calves were born during the middle of the televised wedding service at Collytown Manor, Bere Ferrers. When their owners discovered they had a male and a female, they naturally decided to call them after the royal couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Keen royalist Andrew Nunn said: I could see the cows were close to calving so I was keeping an eye on them,' he said. 'We watched the wedding all the way through and then I nipped out to check them and there they were — two calves, the first of the year. It was my daughter Emily's idea to name them after William and Kate. We usually name the calves after the Scottish islands but we made an exception on this occasion.'

The Nunns bought four Highland cattle seven years ago from Dartmoor Prison when they were selling off the herd and now have 21 with three more due this year. Mr Nunn's cattle made national headlines two years ago when a very rare white calf 'Heather' was born to his herd. He also keeps pigs and poultry on his smallholding.

Proud mums Rosemary and Sophie and youngsters William and Kate are all doing well.