Where Will Queen Elizabeth II’s Corgis Be During King Charles III’s Coronation?
usmagazine.comA doggone historic crowning ceremony! Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved corgis have special plans for King Charles III’s coronation.When Charles, 74, is officially crowned on Saturday, May 6, the late queen’s dogs will be watching the celebration on TV with Sarah Ferguson.“I will definitely be watching [the ceremony] on television and be championing it from the television,” the Duchess of York, 63, recently told Express before being asked if Elizabeth’sdogs Muick and Sandy would join her. “Yes, of course!
Course, they will be barking away.”The late queen, who died in September 2022 at the age of 96, owned more than 30 corgis in her lifetime.
The last surviving canines, Muick and Sandy, were a gift from Ferguson and her ex-husband, Prince Andrew. Upon Elizabeth’s passing, the divorced couple — who still reside together at the Royal Lodge — took in the two canines.“They’re known as national treasures so when they go chasing squirrels and trees are in the way, [you have to] go straight to the vet,” Ferguson joked during a March appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan. “Funny enough, they don’t have [security detail].
They have my five Norfolk terriers, so they’re protected and they came with their royal beds, so they go to their own bedrooms [to sleep each night].”The A Most Intriguing Lady author — who shares daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie with her 63-year-old former spouse — further noted to Express that she believes the two corgis still dearly miss the queen.“They can sense the late Queen’s presence at Royal Lodge, Windsor,” Ferguson told the British newspaper last month. “It makes me think Queen Elizabeth is passing by and laughing.
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