The Queen’s favourite breed of dog the Pembroke Welsh Corgi has grown in popularity, new figures show. There were 1,223 of the dogs registered in 2021 which is the highest number recorded for the breed in almost 30 years, according to data from The Kennel Club (TKC).
It is also the first time the breed’s numbers have topped 1,000 since 1994. As the nation is set to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the dog welfare organisation, which counts the monarch as its patron, looked at the highs and lows of the breed’s popularity during her 70-year reign.
The Queen’s ownership along with recent starring roles in The Crown TV series have played a part in putting the corgis into the public spotlight over the years. It says that in 1944, the year that Susan who was the Queen’s first Pembroke Corgi was born, the breed jumped by 56% in popularity.
