When Prince William surprised mourners waiting outside Westminster Hall on Saturday to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, someone had a pressing question: How are the late Queen’s beloved corgis doing?
“I saw them recently,” the recently anointed Prince of Wales, 40, said in response.
“They are well looked after. They are two very friendly corgis. They have a good home, they are well taken care of.”
The woman seemed quite relieved to hear this and offered her condolences to William before continuing.
It is well known that Queen Elizabeth harbored a lifelong adoration for the dog breed.
When she died on September 8 at the age of 96, she left behind two: Muick and Sandy, along with a cocker spaniel named Lissy. Another of her beloved pups, an older Dachshund-corgi mix named Candy, reportedly passed away just months before the Queen’s death.
As Prince William mentioned, Muick and Sandy have already moved in safely with Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson – with whom he still lives – at their shared home in Windsor. Meanwhile, Lissy is reportedly staying with her trainer, per E!.
As previously reported, it was in 1933 when Queen Elizabeth II received her first corgi, Dookie. The dog was gifted to the then 7-year-old by her father, George VI.
Then, on the Queen’s 18th birthday in 1944, her parents gave her another corgi puppy, this one named Susan.
It has been reported that of the more than 30 corgis Queen Elizabeth is said to have had in her lifetime, many were descendants of Susan. The lineage sadly ended in 2015, when her last living progeny, Willow, died at the age of 15.
The Duke and Duchess of York brought Muick – along with another doggy named Fergus who tragically succumbed to a congenital heart defect soon after – into the Queen’s life in March 2021 to cheer her up in light of her late deceased’s declining health. husband Prince Philip. The late Duke of Edinburgh died in April at the age of 99.
From there, Sandy found her way to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the Queen’s 95th birthday.
She seemed to have no problem fitting into the royal lifestyle and easily making her way into the monarch’s heart after the loss of her husband.