
CHRISTIAN CORBET
Sculptor

Fun Facts
Artists tend to carry fun facts about their lives which helped shape them to who they are today and Christian Corbet is most certainly one of those people. Below are a list of interesting facts about Christian that most people are not aware of!
Fun Facts
Here's a list of fun facts about Christian
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Christian was born during one of the worst storms in Canadian history at the family Beach House and was delivered by his paternal grandmother and her mother, Christian's great grandmother.
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Christian was raised with many animals around including a massive aviary with some of the worlds rarest birds.
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Christian has an absolute love for monkeys, why? He was raised with a pet ringtail monkey named Chico. He recalls Chico loved swinging around the rooms in his little sewn clothing and eating raw onions!
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At age 14 Christian nearly died from pneumonia and his last rights were read. He has since suffered from chronic asthma ever since.
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Christian inherited his family estate and buried both his grandparents in the Corbet family plot overseas.
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Christian is the last surviving senior born male in the Corbet family making him the patriarch of a long line of a notable family.
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Christian owns a very important work of art of the only known silhouette created of author Victor Hugo created during Hugo's life from sittings in the Channel Islands.
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When given a private tour of Clarence House, then home of the late HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Christian tripped over a dog dish belonging to the Queen's corgis' and knocked water clear across the floor!
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Upon his last sitting with HRH The Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace Christian asked the Prince to autograph one of Christian reference photos he took of the Prince earlier. The Prince obliged. Immediately following the Prince leaving the room Christian was advised by the private secretary that asking royalty for an autograph was not permitted to which Prince Philip popped his head back into the room and stated "Never mind him, I make the rules here."
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