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the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom he is 95 years old and his long life is full of peculiarities. Not only does she carefully choose her dress in colorful shades or never let anyone touch her wallet, but she also pays enough attention to her food and has a deep love for animals, including her 165 dairy cows. This is where corgi dogs occupy a very special place in their hearts, especially the first puppy she had named Susan and the story is worthy of royalty.
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From before becoming sovereign to the present day she has had 30 dogs of this breed and they were all related to the initial mascot, the ‘matriarch’ of a saga that lasted fourteen generations.
Connoisseurs of the life of Isabel II they claim that when he was 7 years old he was already playing with a corgi, a breed of small dog native to Britain. His name was Dookie and he was part of the British royal family because his father George VI rescued him from a kennel and took him home.
Susan’s happy arrival
When Elizabeth turned 18, she received her first corgi of her own. It was Susan and from her was born the great family of corgis who accompanied the queen for 70 years.
The love she felt for her pet was such, that she even took her as a companion during her honeymoon with Philip of Edinburgh, seconds report des ‘La Vanguardia’.
At the residence of Sandringham, his royal leisure home, is the memorial tombstone of Susan, For which the queen made a sketch, together with an inscription: “The faithful companion of the queen for 15 years”.
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Goodbye to Willow
The corgis have been present throughout the life of the grandmother of Henry of Sussex i William of Cambridge; however, on April 21, 2018 it was his turn to fire Willow, the last of the descendants of Susan and of the fourteenth generation, a puppy who died shortly after turning 15 after suffering from cancer.
Two years earlier, Holly, Willow’s brother, also died, and the two accompanied her on the portrait taken at Windsor Castle to celebrate her 90th birthday.
“The queen has mourned the death of each of her corgis over the years, but Willow’s has affected her more than any other, probably because it was the last bond she had left with her parents and childhood. the end of an era “, An anonymous source at Buckingham Palace told the Daily Mail at the time.
The love he felt Isabel II by the corgis was also reflected in the book ‘Pets by royal designation’, From the chronicler of royalty Brian Hoey, where it was claimed that they were fed in Buckingham on the basis of beef fillet and chicken breast cooked by a chef and served by a royal waiter. Also, they did not eat until the queen added sauce to their food. “Then she, and only she, gave the order for them to start eating. It’s as accurate as that.”, Explained the specialist.
The dogs have not only been his great company at the palace as they could enter any real stay, but also took part in the James Bond sketch he recorded for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012 , in which he appeared with three of his dogs.