Royal Corgis in the News

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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...Queenfacts.htm
The Queen favourite pet are her Corgis
The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in 1944. A good proportion of these have been direct descendants from Susan. Her Majesty currently has five corgis - Monty, Willow, Holly, Emma and Linnet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3345585.stm
One of the Queen's corgis is put down after being savaged by an English bull terrier owned by Princess Anne.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/...ent_293241.htm
More on the Dotty's attack of Pharos and these interesting comments:

"Her affection for the breed is well known. Photographs of Buckingham Palace published in the Daily Mirror tabloid last month, taken by a reporter posing as a royal footman, showed a Tupperware container of dog biscuits on the queen's breakfast table. "
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"Case said Dotty was not necessarily to blame for the latest incident.

"We don't even know what happened. It could have been self defense," she said. "The corgis have had to see behavior consultants in the past for biting members of the household staff, so they are not exactly the easiest of dogs to manage either."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Corgi
The late Princess Diana on the Queen's dogs:
Oh, no, it's not dogs I don't like -- it's corgis. They get the blame for all the farts." [On the Queen's Dogs.] - Diana, Princess of Wales

From 1995: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pics%2fAnimals

QUEEN ELIZABETH II, on a tour of South Africa, had one of her more unusual greetings Monday when some 40 corgis confronted her as she walked about Cape Town. The London Evening Standard reported that the Queen, a corgi owner herself, remarked that "it is nice to see some friendly faces," perhaps because after waiting three hours in the hot sun, the dogs weren't acting snappish and aggressive, as they frequently do, but were standing still with their tongues hanging out.

One spectator didn't hold out any hope for a cool respite for her corgi. "Now that he has seen the Queen, I won't bathe him for a week," she said.

Another brought four corgis to see the royal visitor, but left two at home. Fortunately, the Queen did not inquire about the names of the missing dogs. They are named for the royal family, and answer to "Elegant Scandal" and "Elegant Crisis."

More from 1995: http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstra...pics%2fAnimals

t could be that life as a royal dog isn't all that exciting: the corgis and dorgis of QUEEN ELIZABETH II have been looking for action again. The monarch returned to London on Tuesday from a visit to Canada, unaware that three of her dogs had just caused no little excitement. London newspapers reported that the three slipped away from royal aides waiting to greet the Queen at Heathrow Airport, hurtled across the grass and, growling and snarling, circled a German shepherd police dog.

From 1991: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pics%2fAnimals

One of QUEEN ELIZABETH II's pet Welsh corgi dogs bit her left hand on Sunday, inflicting a wound that required three stitches to close. The accident occurred at Windsor Castle, a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said, when the Queen was trying to break up a dogfight.

At last count, the Queen had six corgis. Her devotion to them dates from her youth, when her parents gave her one. Her mother has two of the dogs, which tend to be snappy and yappy. In 1988, the Queen consulted an animal psychologist about the dogs' behavior, which included nipping ankles of the household staff.

Debbie, in investigative journalist mode