The Royal Corgis

The end of the Royal Corgi Line

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A Brief Timeline

• 1933 - the house of Windsor aquires its first Corgi
• 1944 - Jane the Corgi joins the royal family
• 1944 - The famous corgi Susan is given to Princess Elizabeth for her 18th Birthday
• 1947 - Princess Elizabeth takes Susan on her honeymoon with Prince Phillip
• 1954 - One of the Queen's Corgi's bites a mamember of the Queen's Guard
• 2002 - Queen Elizabeth stops breeding corgis reportedly so none are left behind
• 2012 - Willow the Corgi co-stars in a sketch that opened the London Olympics with Daniel Craig
• 2018 - The last remaining corgi, Willow, passes away

The Palace Still Has Dorgis

The queen has two dorgis, Vulcan and Candy, who are a part of the crossbreed that occured when a dachshund belonging to Princess Margaret mated with one of the queen's corgis.

Read More About the Queen's Corgi's Here.