After the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday, many people have been wondering what will happen to her iconic corgis, how many she had and what they’re called.
When you think of the Queen you can’t help but imagine her adorable little dogs by her side so we compiled everything you need to know about them.
How many did she have?
Since she became Princess of the Commonwealth realms in 1992, the Queen has owned over thirty Corgis in her lifetime. She owned at least one Corgi at any given time between the years 1933–2018 and they soon became associated with the Queen and a part of her legacy. The crown coin commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II even depicts the Queen with a corgi.
Which corgi came first?
In 1944 for her eighteenth birthday, the Queen was gifted her first corgi called Susan and the corgis owned by the Queen are all descended from Susan.
The BBC even created a corgi family tree to showcase all of the dogs and their descendants which you can see here. Susan gave birth to Sugar and Honey, who gave birth to Sherry, Whisky and Bee, who gave birth to Heather and Buzz, and so on. According to the BBC, the Queen kept every corgi and never sold any or gave them to family and friends.
Princess Diana had even described the dogs as a “moving carpet” that was always in front of the Queen. They would go wherever the Queen went and at Christmas they even each had their own stocking filled by the Queen.
How many corgis did she leave behind?
The Queen sadly left behind four dogs, two corgis, one dorgi (a corgi and dachshund mix) and one cocker spaniel. The corgis are called Sandy and Muick and Candy is the dorgi. Candy is her oldest remaining dog has been around for ten years
The Queen was actually credited with creating the dorgi breed when one of Elizabeth’s corgis mated with her sister Princess Margaret’s dachshund Pipkin.
What will happen to the Queen’s corgis now?
It’s been reported that Muick and Sandy will live with her son Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York.
According to Newsweek, a source close to the Prince said: ‘The corgis will return to live at Royal Lodge with the duke and duchess. It was the duchess who found the puppies that were gifted to Her Majesty by the duke.
‘The duchess bonded with Her Majesty over dog walking and riding horses, and even after her divorce, she would continue her great friendship with Her Majesty, by walking the dogs in Frogmore and chatting.’