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Prue Leith remembers Queen Elizabeth's pride at inventing dorgi after royal pets hook-up

Queen Elizabeth with one of beloved pet dogs at Sandringham House in 1970

Queen Elizabeth was very proud to have accidentally created a new dog breed through a "secret liaison" between two royal pets, Dame Prue Leith has revealed.

The dorgi hybrid occurred in the 1970s when one of the Queen's corgis, Tiny, had a private moment with a dachsund named Pipkin, who belonged to the monarch's sister Princess Margaret, and the two siblings were so enamoured with the pups the tryst produced that they began breeding the pooches.

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