With the Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, Britons are gearing up to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's seventy year reign with a long weekend jam-packed full of celebrations. Up and down the country, memorabillia to commemorate the very special occasion is being sold in supermarkets, and there is one symbol, aside from crowns and the British flag, that sticks out from the rest - the corgi.
The Queen's love of dogs, which she inherited from her late father, King George VI, has been heavily documented over the course of her lifetime. In 1933, when the then-Princess Elizabeth was around seven years old, her father brought home the family's first corgi, Dookie, who took an immediate liking to the young princess.
Over the course of her reign, Her Majesty has owned over thirty corgis, and has become heavily associated with the dog breed. But what some people may not be aware of is that Her Majesty is actually credited with inventing a new breed of dog through her love for corgis.
