Queen Elizabeth II has lived with dogs ever since her father, King George VI, brought home a Pembroke Welsh corgi in 1933 when she was 7 years old.

Even before she became Queen, she was often photographed with her dogs.

They would also accompany her on public appearances. Corgis soon became synonymous with the Queen. The Queen had a special affinity for corgis and owned about 30 of the short-legged dogs during her time as monarch.

According to The Washington Post, Princess Diana referred to the Queen’s dogs as a “moving carpet” since they were always by the Queen’s side.

In fact, the Queen’s dresser Angela Kelly would always be on alert when the dogs were shuffling around.

“I was worried they would get under the Queen’s feet, but they have turned out to be a godsend,” she said. “They are beautiful and great fun and the Queen often takes long walks with them in Home Park.”

The Queen was known to feed and walk her dogs every day.

Kelly and her page Paul Whybrew were also charged with caring for the dogs.

The Queen even brought her corgi Susan, who she got when she was 18, on her honeymoon.

They reportedly slept with the Queen in her room at Buckingham Palace.

Her dogs were very protective of her and were known to nip at the legs of strange visitors to the palace.

She went on to start a royal breeding line of dogs that produced hundreds of puppies.

“The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill-tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen,” Robert Lacey, royal historian and author of “Majesty: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor” told Yahoo.

She slowed down on the number of dogs she kept in recent years as she didn’t want to leave them behind during her death. She decided to stop getting new dogs after the passing of her corgi Willow in 2018.

Yahoo reports that the Queen was corgis Muick and Sandy to keep her company after the passing of her husband Prince Phillip in 2021.

When she passed away, the Queen had four dogs: Muick and Sandy, a dorgi (a corgi-dachshund mix) named Candy, and a cocker spaniel named Lissy.

Muick was named after Loch Muick, on Balmoral Estate where the Queen passed away.

Muick and Sandy will be placed in the care of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and his ex-wife, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, who was close with the Queen.

Prince Andrew stepped back from royal duties and was stripped of his military title and royal patronages after he was accused of sexually abusing a girl who was 17.

He is also alleged to have had a connection with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Though the Duke and Duchess of York are divorced, they still live together at the Royal Lodge next to Windsor Castle.

Lissy, who is named after the Queen, currently lives with her trainer Ian Openshaw. It is currently unknown who Lissy and Candy will go on to live with.

Candy will likely be gifted to a staff member if they are not taken in by the Duke and Duchess of York.

King Charles III is likely to announce the official fate of the two dogs in the coming weeks. Both Muick and Sandy, as well as the Queen’s, fell pony Emma, were waiting at Windsor Castle to pay their final respects to the Queen as her coffin procession passed by.

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Source: Daily Mail, Global News, The Washington Post