Royalty

A Brief History Of The Queen’s Corgis

And Dorgis.

by Bustle UK
ABERDEEN;SCOTLAND - 1974: Queen Elizabeth ll arrives at Aberdeen Airport with her corgis to start he...
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Queen Elizabeth II was given her first corgi – a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Dookie – when she was just 7 years old, according to Vanity Fair.

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On her 18th birthday, The Queen was gifted a corgi called Susan by her father, King George VI. Susan went on to start a doggy dynasty of her own, breeding more than 10 generations of corgis.

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