Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice to take back corgis given to Queen
Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice to take back corgis Muick and Sandy after gifting them to the Queen following Prince Phillip’s death last year
- Dogs Muick and Sunday were given to the Queen following her husband’s death
- She had resisted taking new dogs in recent years because she did not want to leave any behind after her death, but took the two from her son and his daughter
- She accepted on basis they would return to Prince Andrew or Princess Beatrice
- The fate of another of the late Queen’s dogs, Lissy, has not yet been decided
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Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice are expected to take on the care of two corgis they gave to the Queen.
The dogs – Muick and Sandy – were gifts from her second son and his elder daughter after the death of Prince Philip in 2021.
Her Majesty had resisted taking on new dogs in recent years because she did not want to leave any behind after her death.
But it is understood she accepted the puppies on the basis that Andrew or Beatrice would eventually have them back.
Candy, the Queen’s last surviving dorgi – a cross between a dachshund and corgi – is also likely to join Muick and Sandy as the dogs are used to each other’s company (Pictured the Queen with Candy earlier this year)
The Prince and Beatrice are believed to have been taking the dogs for walks in recent months.
Candy, the Queen’s last surviving dorgi – a cross between a dachshund and corgi – is also likely to join Muick and Sandy as the dogs are used to each other’s company.
Otherwise, Candy will probably be given to a member of staff. In the past when the Queen bred litters of puppies there had been keen competition to acquire one among employees at her Royal residences.
The fate of another of the late Queen’s dogs, Lissy, whose pedigree name is Wolferton Drama, and is the current Kennel Club cocker spaniel gundog champion, has not yet been decided. Lissy, named after the late Queen, lives with her trainer Ian Openshaw. A decision about her future is expected to be made by King Charles in the coming weeks.
The Queen was a noted breeder of gundogs at Sandringham, and though Charles inherits the Norfolk estate, it is not yet known if he will keep the breeding kennels.
The Queen owned at least 30 corgis in her lifetime, with ten generations of puppies descended from Susan, the corgi given to her as an 18th birthday present from her father
Her dogs were treated royally, with their own room and elevated wicker baskets
The Queen owned at least 30 corgis in her lifetime, with ten generations of puppies descended from Susan, the corgi given to her as an 18th birthday present from her father, the late King George VI.
She is also credited with inventing the ‘dorgi’ in 1971, when her corgi, Tiny, crossed with her sister Princess Margaret’s dachshund, Pipkin.
Her dogs were treated royally, with their own room and elevated wicker baskets. Meals of beef, chicken, rabbit, liver, cabbage and rice were usually prepared by a chef, but sometimes by the Queen herself.
Prince Philip is said to have ‘loathed’ the dogs’ yapping. In 1989 it was reported that an animal behaviour expert was called in to cure the corgis from their habit of nipping members of the Royal Family. Two years later, however, the Queen tried to break up a corgi fight and needed three stitches after being bitten on her left hand.
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