Queen’s Corgis remained by her side in the final hours
The Queen was known the world over for her love of Corgis and now it has emerged two were by her bedside when she died.
Muick and Sandy, a gift from Prince Andrew, were ‘with her in the room’ on September 8, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Her beloved dogs went on to touch people’s hearts when they made a surprise appearance at Windsor Castle on the day of the funeral.
The Queen had Muick, named after Loch Muick in Scotland, since he was a pup and Sandy replaced another Corgi called Fergus who died.
However, it was not always plain sailing for the late Queen and her Corgis.
In the 1980s, she was nipped on the hand by one of them and the Queen required stitches.
She was forced to take action and drafted in behaviour expert, Dr Roger Mugford, to help manage the pack, which had swelled to nine at the time.
One became so unruly it was sent to live with Princess Anne.
Dr Mugford had some valuable advice for the Queen and told her to have fewer dogs.
The Queen bluntly replied: ‘Dr Mugford, Prince Philip has already told me that I have too many dogs. If I wanted advice of that sort, I could have saved your fee.’
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If anything, the Queen expanded her pack, going on to own 30 in total during her 70-year reign.
But she resisted taking on anymore Corgis during her later years because she didn’t want to leave any behind.
She only accepted Muik and Sandy on the basis Andrew and Princess Beatrice would have them back.
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