The 94-year-old monarch is surrounded by two new puppies and the names she has chosen for them are quite royal.
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Last month, shortly after her husband Prince Philip was hospitalized, Queen Elizabeth II welcomed two new dogs to Buckingham. And if the British royal family likes to name their newborns in tribute to their inks, the tadition is also valid, as the newspaper reports The Sun, for his animals.
The Queen therefore named one of the puppies a dorgi – cross between a corgi and a dachshund – Fergus. A name chosen in tribute to his uncle Fergus Bowes-Lyon. Hero of the First World War, he died in action in France in 1915. A fighter whose “family still honors the loss during the commemorations of the Great War,” a source close to the Palace told British media. The other puppy, called Muick – pronounce Mick – owes its nickname to one of the monarch’s favorite places: Loch Muick, located on her Balmoral estate in Scotland. Two choices of names “extremely poignant and dear to the Queen,” says the source of the Sun.
In video, Queen Elizabeth presents her corgis to Jackie Kennedy (extracts from “The Crown -season 2”)
Elizabeth and the Corgi
At 94, Elizabeth II is certainly known for the record length of her reign, but also for the thirty corgis who have succeeded one another at her side. The latter was only 7 years old when her father, King George VI, brought Dookie into Buckingham Palace. Old photos from the 1930s show her with said Pembroke Corgi (not to be confused with Cardigan Corgi) in Balmoral Gardens. At 18, she became the proud owner of Susan, her first all-hers corgi, from which she then separated only on very rare occasions – the dog took part in Elizabeth and Philip’s honeymoon in 1947, yacht and private plane travel. Susan, the first in a long line (dare we call it a dynasty), which will stop in April 2018 when Willow dies. Last year the Queen also suffered the death of Vulcan, who is believed to be buried on the grounds of Windsor Palace.
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