Throughout her long reign the Queen was known the world over for one particular passion - her love of corgis. She owned her first of the dogs as a teenager and went on to keep many throughout her lifetime, even travelling with them on official royal tours.
So it was especially fitting that her corgis should play a special role in the late monarch's funeral today (Monday, September 19). Her cherished dogs - and one of her favourite ever horses - made a poignant appearance at Windsor during the procession.
The young dogs Muick and Sandy – one on a red lead and one on a blue lead – were brought out into the quadrangle by two pages in red tailcoats for the arrival of the Queen’s coffin. Emma, the Queen’s Fell Pony, had greeted the procession, standing on grass in a gap in the floral tributes along the Long Walk in honour of her late owner.
