They're little, fluffy and stubby, and for many people around the world, the corgi is forever associated with Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Diana once called them a "moving carpet" always by her mother-in-law's side.
Corgis were the late Queen's constant companions from the time she was a child.
She owned nearly 30 throughout her life, and they enjoyed a life of privilege fit for a royal pet.
Prince Andrew and Duchess of York to care for Queen's corgis
The Queen's death, however, prompted public concerns over who would care for her beloved dogs.
The BBC reports they will go to live with her son Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, at Windsor Estate, west of London.
The couple has remained on good terms and live together at Royal Lodge, despite divorcing in 1996.
They will take on Muick and Sandy, the two young corgis they gave to the Queen as a gift last year.
A royal source told the BBC that the Duchess had bonded with her former mother-in-law through riding horses and dog walking, the Queen's two favourite hobbies.
"One of the intriguing things people are wondering about at the funeral is whether a corgi is going to be present," royal historian and author, Robert Lacey said.
"The Queen's best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill-tempered beasts with a yap that doesn't appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen."
Royal history with corgis
Queen Elizabeth II's love for corgis began in 1933 when her father, King George VI, brought home a Pembroke Welsh corgi they named Dookie. Images of a young Elizabeth walking the dog outside their lavish London home would be the first among many to come over the decades.
When she was 18 she was given another and named it Susan, the first in a long line of corgis to come. Later there were dorgis — a dachshund and corgi crossbreed — owned by the queen. Eventually, they came to accompany her in public appearances and became part of her persona.
Throughout her 70 years on the throne, the corgis were by her side, accompanying her on official tours, reportedly sleeping in their own room at Buckingham Palace with daily sheet changes, and occasionally nipping the ankles of the odd visitor or royal family member.
Three of them even appeared alongside the Queen as she climbed into James Bond's waiting helicopter in the spoof video that opened the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
All the Queen's corgis
British author Penny Junor documented their feisty lives in a 2018 biography titled All the Queen's Corgis.
She writes that the Queen walked and fed the dogs, chose their names and when they died, buried them with individual plaques. Care for the corgis had fallen largely on the Queen's trusted dressmaker and assistant Angela Kelly and her page Paul Whybrew.
The corgis were also present when the Queen welcomed visitors at the palace, including distinguished statesmen and officials. When the conversation lulled, the Queen would often turn her attention to her dogs to fill the silence.
"She was also concerned about what would happen to her dogs when she is no longer around," Junor wrote, noting that some royal family members did not share her fondness for the corgis.
After the death of her corgi Willow in 2018, it was reported that the Queen would not be getting any more dogs.
But that changed during the illness of her late husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99. She turned once again to her beloved corgis for comfort. In the spring, on what would have been Philip's 100th birthday this year, the Queen was given another dog.
In addition to her human family, Queen Elizabeth II is survived by two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel.
