Members of the Royal Family have confirmed what will happen to some of the Queen's beloved corgis following her death.
On Thursday, September 8, Buckingham Palace announced the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, with tributes flooding in from mourners around the globe.Sharing some of their favourite memories of the monarch, many had begun to ask what would happen to Her Majesty's dogs, with the 96-year-old known for her fond affection of them.
However, this week the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, confirmed that the animals would be kept within the family, with he and his ex-wife taking on some of the dogs. The Mirror reports that a spokesperson for Prince Andrew stated that he and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York will take on Muick and Sandy – two dogs the late monarch received as gifts from her son.
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Throughout her 70-year reign, the Queen owned more than 30 corgis and was known for her love of the breed. In early 2021, she was gifted two new puppies, one dorgi (a dachshund and corgi mix) and one corgi, by Prince Andrew while staying at Windsor during lockdown.
The puppies helped keep the monarch entertained while the Duke of Edinburgh was in hospital. The Queen named the dorgi Fergus after her uncle who was killed in action during the First World War, and the corgi was called Muick, pronounced Mick, after Loch Muick on the Balmoral estate.
But the Queen was left devastated when five-month-old Fergus died just a few weeks later, in the aftermath of Philip’s death. Andrew and his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie then gifted the Queen another corgi puppy to replace Fergus for her official 95th birthday. This little pup was named Sandy.
Angela Kelly, the Queen's dresser, claims the dogs were a constant source of joy for the monarch during lockdown. The Queen’s love of corgis was widely celebrated during Platinum Jubilee events, with a gathering of 70 corgis at Balmoral and a 'corgi derby' at Musselburgh racecourse.
Most of the Queen’s pet corgis were descended from her first Pembroke Welsh corgi, Susan, who was gifted to her on her 18th birthday in 1944. However, she decided to stop breeding corgis in 2015.
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