Queen Elizabeth's love of corgis was well-known, but few know that it all began with a puppy called 'Dookie' from a dog breeder who would go on to set up the Adelaide Hills Kennel Club.
Thelma Gray was a pioneer in breeding corgis in the early 1920s, when the little herding dogs were well-known in Wales, but not so much in England.
In 1933, the Duke of York, who would later become King George VI, asked Ms Gray to bring three corgi puppies to Buckingham Palace for his young daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to choose from.
