Sarah Ferguson is convinced Queen Elizabeth II's ghost is making her surviving corgis "bark at nothing".
Fergie adopted the late Queen's beloved pet pooches, Sandy and Muick, following the former monarch's death last year.
The Duchess of York has spoken out about how she is convinced that her former mother-in-law's ghost is watching over her dogs.
Sandy and Muick were a gift to the Queen by Sarah and her ex-husband Prince Andrew and their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, in 2021.
Then after her passing, at the age of 96, the pooches were given back to the Duchess to look after - though she admits it isn't an easy task.
In a recent interview with People, Sarah shared the joys and stresses that come with looking after the royal dogs, and revealed why she thinks they "bark at nothing".
"They are national icons, so every time they run chasing a squirrel, I panic," the Duchess said.
"But they're total joys, and I always think that when they bark at nothing, and there's no squirrels in sight, I believe it's because the Queen is passing by."
Sarah added that Sandy and Muick (pronounced "Mick") are in her company a lot of the time and she suspects the animals think she is "very funny".
Sarah previously revealed that the corgis were getting on well in her home and said it was a "big honour" to have taken on the "national treasure".
Sandy and Muick joined Andrew and Fergie's five Norfolk terriers at the home they share - Royal Lodge in Windsor - and they all enjoy each other's company.
"They all balance out, the carpet moves as I move but I've got used to it now," Sarah told The Telegraph in October.
Later that month, the Duchess shared an adorable photo of herself with the two corgis looking happy outside in the sun, and captioned it: "The presents that keep giving."
It is believed the Queen's beloved corgis were by her side in her final hours, "with her in the room" as she lay on her deathbed.
Sandy and Muick were then pictured saying their last goodbyes to their loyal owner's coffin outside Windsor Castle as the funeral cortege arrived.
Just before Her Majesty passed away, she suffered a heartbreak at the news of her eldest dog's death, Candy the longest-surviving dorgi - a cross between a dachshund and a Welsh corgi.
Candy sadly died soon after the Queen arrived in the Scottish Highlands at the beginning of last summer.
Queen Elizabeth was said to be 'distraught' by the loss and made the decision to fly the loyal dog's remains to London and be buried in Windsor with her other long-term pet, Vulcan, who passed away in 2020.
