Queen Elizabeth II’s death will make headlines for weeks to come – but some of it will include disinformation. Just hours after the king’s death, an address intended as a joke claimed that the Queen’s beloved dogs would be buried alive with her. That tweet started getting thousands of likes and tweets, causing confusion and losing the joke in the process. The truth is – no, Queen Elizabeth II will not be buried with her dogs.
Why was Queen Elizabeth so obsessed with corgi?
The late queen was known for her obsession with corgis, and the dog breed became synonymous with the king during her seven decades on the throne. according to Vanity FairDogs have been part of the royal family since the days of Queen Victoria. But Queen Elizabeth’s connection to the dynasty was something special.
That bond began long before she met and married Prince Philip – and long before she knew she was going to be queen. At the age of seven in 1933, then-Princess Elizabeth specifically requested a Corgi from the Pembroke Welch after meeting her boyfriend’s pet.
Insiders claimed that she liked this particular breed because of their energy and spirit. And her father, her dog-loving friend King George VI, was able to find a breeder even though lively dogs are fairly rare in England. At that time, it was mostly bred in Wales. She named her puppy Dookie, and he was the first in a long line of royal corgi dogs that would follow.
Queen Elizabeth loved corgis so much that in the 1970s she and her sister – Princess Margaret – created their own hybrid breed called the Dorje. It was a cross between a corgi and a dachshund. In total, the Queen owned over 30 Corgis and Dorgis during her lifetime.
No, Her Majesty the Queen will not be buried with her beloved dogs
On her eighteenth birthday, Her Majesty received a Pembroke Welsh puppy named Susan, who will be by her side at her coronation and wedding. Susan was raised with a dog named Rosaville Lucky Strike, and their offspring began the royal Corgi breed.
The majority of Corgi dogs in the royal family were descendants of Susan, with 14 generations living with the Queen. Her last descendant – named Willow – died in 2015, as the Queen stopped keeping dogs when she was in her 90s.
When she died, Queen Elizabeth left behind four dogs – two corgis named Muick and Sandy, a dorgi named Candy, and a cocker spaniel named Lissy. despite of Tweet From reductive Claiming that they would all be buried with her – which was a cheap joke that led to memes and conspiracy theories on social media – is not what will happen.
Queen Elizabeth’s will determines what happens to dogs
The palace has yet to reveal the dogs’ plan after Her Majesty’s death. But there is speculation that they will go to the Queen’s children.
“I imagine the dogs would be taken care of by the family, perhaps Andrew [as] Royal expert Ingrid Seward said: NEWSWEEK.
according to TMZThe fate of the Queen’s four dogs will ultimately be found in her will. However, the contents of that document will likely be sealed for decades.
When her husband died in the spring of 2021, an English judge revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh’s will would be sealed for 90 years. The same will likely happen with Her Majesty’s last will.
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