The royal corgis could be moved out of Buckingham Palace to live with Prince Andrew following Queen Elizabeth II's death. While the late Queen was known for her love of the short-legged dogs, King Charles has never adopted his mother's admiration for the breed.
Instead, he has always shown an interest towards Jack Russells and currently own two, Bluebell and Beth, with Queen Camilla. The royal couples' dogs will likely move into Buckingham Palace as he takes the throne at aged 73. Royal biographer, Ingrid Seward, suggested the Queen's beloved pets will likely move in with Prince Andrew at his £30 million regal residence, Royal Lodge in Windsor.
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The Grade-II listed resident has belonged to Andrew since the Queen Mother's death in 2002. Within its 30 rooms, the royal home boosts grand living rooms, a conservatory and, reportedly, an indoor swimming pool.
With 98 acres to explore, the corgis will have plenty of room to roam around, compared to the 42 they're used to at Buckingham Palace.
Ingrid Seward said: "I imagine the dogs would be looked after by the family, probably Andrew [as] he's the one that gave them to her, they're quite young, the corgi and the dorgi."
Howard Hodgson, a royal commentator and author of 'Charles — The Man Who Will Be King', also suggested the corgis' could end being moved out of Buckingham Palace following the Queen's death, The Express reported earlier this year.
Asked if he believed the Jack Russell could come onto the scene and oust the corgi as the royal dog, he said: "Yes, I do — I think that's probably true.
"The Queen and the Queen Mother were always associated with the corgis but Charles and Camilla have Jack Russells — they're not going to change to corgis just because he is King.
"I think if and when anything happens to the Queen we can safely assume the corgis will not be treated badly or got rid of.
"But I don't think that we'll see Charles as a king with corgis, and I don't think the corgis will be put down or neglected, because they're all animal lovers in the Royal Family.
"But I think if Charles was going to have corgis around him he'd have them by now — he's 73 years of age, and so I don't think you'll see him adopt them."
Mr Hodgson went on to say that he did not believe these Jack Russells would be as prevalent in daily royal life as the corgis have, and added: "I'm not sure if they will be as prominent as we know they have Jack Russells but we don't see them all the time —there won't be a sort of entourage of Jack Russells like there has been with the queen."
Corgis have been an iconic part of British history since being introduced into the royal family during King George VI's reign.
Corgis and dorgis, a cross between a corgi and a dachshund, have been mixing with the royals since 1933, when the family first welcomed a Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi.
The dog, who was renamed Duke from Dookie, has been immortalised in official Royal photographs, which give a rare glimpse into Her Majesty's childhood.
Her passion for pets has been documented in royal photographs throughout the years, with many showing the Queen as a young girl posing alongside her beloved dogs.
Her Majesty, who had celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this year, was gifted her first ever corgi, Susan, on her 18th birthday in 1944. Not wanting to leave Susan's side, the Queen managed to 'sneak' her on her honeymoon with Prince Phillip three years later.
It has been reported Prince Phillip 'loathed' the Queen's dogs because they were "too yappy" - but this didn't stop her from filling Buckingham Palace with them.
Despite not winning over Prince Phillip, three of the Queen's dogs, Monty, WIllow and Holly, won over the nation after making their TV debut alongside Her Majesty and Daniel Craig in a James Bond sketch.
Filmed at Buckingham Palace, the sketch became part of the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony – and has since been viewed more than 50 million times on YouTube.
Her dogs have also become the focus of their own animated movie called The Queen's Corgis, which stars Jack Whitehall and Dame Julie Walters as voice actors.
The animated movie provides an insight into what life might be like for the Queen's dogs, and includes mention of the 'Corgi Room', where the dogs sleep in elevated wicker baskets.
Credited for creating the dorgi breed, Queen Elizabeth II was said to be very hands on with her dog and walks them around the Palace grounds every day.
She was known for giving her dogs' unusual names including Bisto Oxo, Whisky, Cider, Spick, Span, Bushy and Brush.
In February 2021, the Queen was gifted two new puppies, a corgi, Muick and a Dorgi, Fergus, by her son the Duke of York and his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
The puppies were given to the Queen to keep her company whilst her husband Prince Philip was in the hospital.
However, sadly, Fergus died just three months after he was given to the Queen.
In June 2021, Prince Andrew and his daughters gave the Queen another corgi, named Sandy, to keep Muick company.
The Queen also owned an elderly dorgi, called Candy, who recently appeared in footage of the monarch looking at items from previous jubilee celebrations.
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