Queen's beloved pets now - from living with shamed son to winning at Ascot races
ok.co.ukThe image of the late Queen’s fell pony, Emma, and her two Pembroke Welsh corgis, Muick and Sandy, waiting for her funeral cortege to pass by at Windsor Castle provided one of the most tear-jerking moments of her funeral.The late Queen was known for her love of animals, and to see her four-legged friends standing so respectfully on the day of her funeral was incredibly poignant. “It was wonderful to see the corgis – these legendary little creatures – there because they were so synonymous with the Queen,” says royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams. “She was identified with dogs and had she not been Queen, she’d have loved to be a lady living in the country surrounded by dogs and horses.” But what has become of Queen Elizabeth’s pets and her other animals?
After the death of her former mother-in-law, Sarah, Duchess of York and her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, adopted Sandy and Muick (pronounced Mick).The duchess clearly takes her responsibilities very seriously, having revealed that she consulted a “dog whisperer” to learn how to best care for the grieving corgis. “He said you have to give them space.
And I’ve noticed that at night they do like their own space,” she said in April. “I respect that they probably do miss her. I miss her, too.” The corgis may have captured hearts when they were pictured saying a final goodbye to their mistress in September, but the duchess believes they have now stopped mourning. “Their tails have gone up now, so I think they’re over their grief,” she said, adding that the pampered pooches sleep in “royal dog beds at night with crowns on them”.
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