<p id=”par-1_68″>It’s almost impossible to think of the royal family’s pets and not think of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/queen-elizabeth-ii/?swcfpc=1″>Queen Elizabeth II</a>‘s corgis. At the time of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-british-monarch-dies-96.html/?swcfpc=1″>the queen’s death</a> on Sept. 8, 2022, she had four dogs–two corgis, one dorgi (cross between the Welsh Corgi and the Dachshund), and one cocker spaniel. The two corgis are named Sandy and Muick, the dorgi is called Candy, and the cocker spaniel is Lissy who was the queen’s first cocker spaniel. </p>
<p id=”par-2_74″>Following her death, the corgis went to live with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-andrew/?swcfpc=1″>Prince Andrew</a> and Sarah Ferguson at the home they share in Windsor. The <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-is-sarah-ferguson-still-a-duchess-after-her-divorce-from-prince-andrew.html/”>Duchess of York</a> had originally found the pups and Andrew, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Eugenie gifted them to the queen to keep her company when Prince Philip was hospitalized before <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/prince-philip-planned-1-bizarre-detail-funeral-hiding-plain-sight-no-one-saw.html/”>he died</a> in 2021. The Yorks are also thought to have taken in Candy, while Lissy lives with her trainer Ian Openshaw.</p>
<p id=”par-3_21″>Now, a royal author is revealing that some of the late queen pampered canines were a “nightmare” to live with. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-how-many-corgis-queen-elizabeth-ii-had-throughout-her-life”>How many corgis Queen Elizabeth II had throughout her life</h2>
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<p id=”par-4_57″>Queen Elizabeth’s love for the corgi breed began when was gifted a Pembroke Welsh Corgi on her 18th birthday. She named her first dog Susan and the two became inseparable. Some years later she started a breeding program with pups bred from Susan’s lineage. She owned more than 30 canines in her lifetime and saw 14 generations of Susan’s descendants.</p>
<p id=”par-5_38″>Perhaps her most well-known dog was Monty, who starred in the sketch with the queen and actor Daniel Craig during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/olympics/?swcfpc=1″>Olympic Games</a>. Two months after that appearance, the 13-year-old pooch died.</p>
<p id=”par-6_52″>Many fans may also remember the royal family matriarch’s beloved pups Willow and Whisper. Willow died in April 2018 six months before 12-year-old Whisper died following an illness. Whisper actually belonged to a staffer at the Sandringham estate and went to live with Queen Elizabeth after that employee’s death in 2016. </p>
<p id=”par-7_16″>The queen also had a pup named Vulcun who passed away at Windsor Castle in 2020. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-author-says-the-royal-corgis-were-a-nightmare”>Author says the royal corgis were a ‘nightmare’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-8_42″>In the book <em>Q: A Voyage Around the Queen</em>, author Craig Brown shared that the late monarch’s corgis were very spoiled and even had their own menu with the royal chefs preparing fresh beef, corn-fed chicken, lamb and rabbit for the canines. </p>
<p id=”par-9_37″>Brown also said the dogs had an “unpredictable” tempermant and could be a “nightmare” to some of the queen’s visitors. He mentioned one dog in particular, Dookie, who would nip at Palace guests and the household furniture.</p>
<p id=”par-10_42″>“Corgis are, it turns out, an unpredictable, temperamental bunch, one minute cuddly, the next psycho, the Corleones of the dog world,” the author wrote per <a href=”https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/726940/queen-elizabeth-ii-aggressive-corgis-exposed-by-royal-writer/?authId=1*fvzxsn*_a*bDZDRl9QWTJzeXZtcHlEZUpfdFM4Rk95a0h6aG0yZjJkOWZCaVBJNjhPcE9heXllUEMwbjJuU3VnTFJfVEpRUA..&_gl=1*1k8090g*_ga*T1EyNFZiT3RYdGRXTkp0b21QN0ZTRERHX3NwSlVZbndnY3dBdm0tTVFBQzRvaTZ6RXI4bUh5ak9zRUpWc3p5Sg..*_ga_CG5KZJ0XNF*MTczMDI1OTM2OS40LjEuMTczMDI1OTM3MC4wLjAuMA” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Hello!</a> “Dookie did not restrict his aggression to humans: he would happily attack the dining room chairs.” </p>
<p id=”par-11_25″>Brown added that eventually Princess Anne was appointed to discipline any pups that needed it as she had a “soft spot” for the nippers. </p>