Queen Elizabeth’s beloved corgis will be re-housed with her son, Prince Andrew, and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
When the British monarch died last week, aged 96, questions were asked about what would happen to her dogs. Her majesty was famously a breeder of Corgis. She owned over 30 of the pooches over the past 70-odd years.
The hounds were almost all descendants of the first corgi she owned, Sarah, back in the 1940s.
In 2018, after the last one she owned at the time died, the Queen said she didn’t want any more puppies as she didn’t want to die and leave any young dogs behind.
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However, Andrew and his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, gifted the Queen with two more puppies, Muick and Sandy, in 2021.
The BBC reports Muick was a gift to console the Queen and keep her company after the death of her husband, Prince Philip. The Queen received Sandy to mark her 95th birthday.
The BBC speculates that when the puppies were given to the Queen, Andrew promised to look after the dogs if the need ever arose.
Prince Andrew’s fall from grace
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, the Duke and Duchess of York, married in 1986 But divorced in 1996. However, they have remained close and still live together in the Royal Lodge, part of the Queen’s estate in Windsor.
Andrew has largely disappeared from public life following the scandal of his friendship with convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has also faced allegations of sexual assault and last year settled out-of-court with his accuser, Virginia Giuffre. In the wake of that court case, he stepped back from the Royal family and lost many of the honors and royal patronages previously bestowed on him.
He has re-emerged publicly following the death of his mother. He was spotted in Balmoral over the weekend, viewing some of the flowers left in memory of his mother.
Royal experts say he will stand alongside the rest of the family at his mother’s funeral next Monday.
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A source told the BBC, “The corgis will return to live at Royal Lodge with the duke and duchess. It was the duchess who found the puppies which 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.”
In other Queen-related news, President Biden has formally accepted an invitation to attend her funeral next Monday. Heads of state from around the globe are expected at the Westminster Abbey event.
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Lucky…
LumpyPillows
Well, I guess it’s something to do.
cuteguy
In 2018 the Queen requested no more dogs. And of course Prince Andrew thought he knew better and forced his own wishes on a woman, albeit in a different sense this time being it’s his mother. Nonetheless he knew his mother wouldn’t outlive these dogs and he needed a prop bc he was going through the trafficking scandal and here we are using these poor defenseless animals for a story. Here’s a thought, your mother just lost her husband, how about actually being there for her since you’re deathly and don’t have a real job. Prince Andrew is human garbage. And to use his daughters as human shields, appalling
Cam
Prince Andrew will probably use those dogs to lurer young girls into his house.
white-queer-african
@Cam, for once I am offended by your comment. He was a young man. She was a whore looking for money and maybe even fame. You were never young lusting after someone younger than you? Even borderline under age? Throw the first stone! I rest my case.
Cam
@white-queer-african
So wait, you’re excusing him as being young and not responsible for his actions, and he was in his 30s and she is conniving and fully responsible for her actions but she was 15?
You might want to reassess that. Also, you don’t pay somebody 12 million pounds to get out of a lawsuit unless there is some pretty damning evidence.
Harley
We all know that Andrew and Fergie and daughters won’t be looking after them. It will be the maids and servants looking after them. At least it won’t be the Huckabees looking after them cause then they would be tortured and murdered and cooked up for BBQ.
cuteguy
GQP trash at its “finest”
abfab
And tell me. Who is cuter? The dogs or the new owners?
still_onthemark
Next you’ll be asking, who’s cuter, a King Charles Spaniel or…
Fahd
Andrew has taken on the role of the unwanted, usually uninvited relative, who pathetically works to build ties to the relatives who just really want him to disappear. (A kind of n’er-do-well, addicted uncle who has done damage to all, but still shows up with pathetically inappropriate gifts in order to “stay connected”.) It will be interesting to see if Andrew holds on to Royal Lodge once the mourning is over and things settle down.
Kangol2
If Andrew were Catholic he could just join a monastery and we’d all never have to hear from him again!
kevininbuffalo
There are Anglican monasteries.
[email protected]
Highly appropriate. A pedophile will end his days cleaning up dog shit.
Time to strip him of his title.
white-queer-african
Moron you clearly do not know the definition of a pedofile.
still_onthemark
Technically, it’s ephebophile? – sexual attraction to adolescents.
white-queer-african
So here I am thinking, I am a queer man living in Africa, South Africa to be exact, always coming to fight and defend my kin in the USA. And then I read comments from regular commentators on Queerty that disgust me. Your right to your opion, but as my American husband said to me earlier on tonight “The queers back home needs to get rid of the massive chip on their shoulders. They still believe by insults it makes them look better and feel better”.
Going forward I will longer read Queerty nor comment on any reporting!
So deal wirh jt1990 aka Ronbo and WHAT-E-V-E-R on your own.
Bye.
white-queer-african
….No longer…..
Cam
Translation: You got REALLY enraged that people here called out Prince Andrew for committing statutory rape?
abfab
WQA, I get the gist of what you’re saying, but really….one hopes your hubby realizes that this group of commenters is a very small percentage of ”THE QUEERS BACK HOME”. Throwing around insults doesn’t make us ”feel better”. It makes us feel like Bette Davis. Remember, this is just a trash-rag which helps us get thru the everyday boredom of living and the absolutely horrific things that are going on around the world, espeially still in Africa. It’s atrocious.
still_onthemark
@w-q-a:
(if you’re not already gone)
Can you explain a little more about what’s offending you here? Granted, Andrew wasn’t convicted but he settled out of court for an enormous sum. South Africa got rid of the monarchy decades ago and it’s not obvious what’s bothering you (I realize English is probably not your first language). The comments seem pretty tame to me!
abfab
QWA…If GAY MEN are anything, we are forgiving. Now. Please don’t go……..and please be nicer to the young woman that you called a whore. For what it might be worth, the word whore no longer holds any clout. LONG LIVE THE WHORES! GOD SAVE THE WHORE!
Joshooeerr
It should be obvious to everyone that this is only being given the full PR spin because it’s another attempt to rehabilitate Andrew’s image. “Aw, he’s taken the doggies”. No doubt they’ll be relegated to some remote shed and he’ll never have to be bothered by them as he hatches his next money-making scam.
humble charlie
are the corgis young enough?