There is a popular advert featuring a meerkat called Aleksandr Orlov, from Meerkovo, and Roman adores him...so when we spotted him sitting on the shelf of a charity shop, fairly new looking we obviously snapped him up. When I handed him to Roman he was delighted and instantly he put him into shoes, took pictures of him and covered him in kisses.
The first time they met.
"Shoes on, meerkat."
Roman's portrait of his buddy Alexsandr.
