The Queen, 94, has two new corgi pups, bringing her some much-needed quarantine companionship as husbandPrince Philip, 99, is in the hospital and the royal family braces itself forMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry’sinterview with Oprah Winfreyon Sunday.
The dogs are a welcome – and lively – addition for the Queen, as she strolls the grounds of Windsor Castle, where she has been living alongside a small, tight-knit number of staffers during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Queen has owned corgis and dorgis (a cross with a dachshund) all her adult life, but was down to her last one, Candy,following the death of another dorgi, Vulcan, late last year.
It was thought that shedidn’t want to have any more dogs– in part because it risked her tripping over one of the pets and also because she didn’t want to leave any young dogs behind.
Queen Elizabeth and her dogs.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
News of the new pets – first reported inThe Sunon Friday – came as Philiprecovers from his heart operationat St. Bartholomew’s hospital in London.
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Queen Elizabeth and her dogs.Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
The Queen is well known for her love of corgis, but her last dog of that particular breed, Whisper,died in 2018. She had inherited Whisper in 2016 from Bill Fenwick, a former gamekeeper at Sandringham, after Fenwick’s death. His late wife, Nancy, used to look after the dogs when the Queen was traveling.
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source: people.com
