After the Queen passes away, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have said that they would take care of two of her favorite corgis.
Following Prince Philip’s passing, Muick and Sandy were given to the late Queen, who will now adopt them together with Ms. Ferguson.
The two canines will dwell at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, where the divorced couple live, the Duke of York’s spokeswoman said this evening.
It has been confirmed that the late Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, will be adopted by Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and will live at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor where the divorced couple resides
Up until now the fate of the beloved corgis had remained a mystery, although many predicted Prince Andrew, often referred to as the Queen’s ‘favourite’ son, and his daughter Princess Beatrice would look after the pets.
It was believed the pair had been walking the dogs in the months leading to the Queen’s death.
The late Her Majesty the Queen owned more than 30 of the sandy, short-legged dogs throughout her reign, however, had resisted taking on any new dogs in recent years not wanting to leave the dogs behind after her death.
Muick, pronounced Mick, joined the royal family at the start of 2021 along with a so-called ‘dorgi’, a cross between a corgi and a dachshund, called Fergus.
Prince Andrew, often thought of as the late Queen’s ‘favourite son’, and his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugine, gifted Muick and Sandy to the Queen last year
The Royal pets will now live with Sarah Ferguson (pictured) and her ex-husband the Duke of York at the Royal Lodge in Windsor
Muick had been named after Loch Muick on the Balmoral Estate, where the Queen died on Thursday. Fergus had been named after the Monarch’s uncle who was killed during battle in the First World War.
Fergus died after just five months and was later replaced with a new corgi called Sandy, as a 95th birthday present from Prince Andrew and his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Speaking at the time of the new corgi arrivals, the Queen’s dresser Angela Kelly, said: ‘I was worried they would get under the Queen’s feet, but they have turned out to be a godsend.
‘They are beautiful and great fun and the Queen often takes long walks with them in Home Park.’
Muick and Sandy will soon be settling into their new home at Royal Lodge (pictured) in Windsor with the Duke and Duchess of York
It still, however, remains unclear what will happen to the late Queen’s last surviving dorgi but is expected to join Muick and Sandy at Royal Lodge as the canine pals are used to each other’s company.
If Candy does not go to the Duke and Duchess of York, Candy will probably be given to a member of staff.
Another of the Monarch’s dogs, Lissy, whose pedigree name is Wolferton Drama, and is the current Kennel Club cocker spaniel gundog champion, has not been decided.
The spaniel, who was named after the late Queen, currently lives with her trainer Ian Openshaw.
In Edmonton, Canada, in 2005, corgi fans welcomed the late Queen Elizabeth II. 30 corgis were owned by the Queen throughout her lengthy 70-year reign.
In the next weeks, King Charles is anticipated to make a choice on her future.
For her 18th birthday, her late father King George VI gave the late Queen her first corgi, Susan. Then, Susan was descended from by ten generations of her corgis.
Her dogs received royal treatment, with their own chambers, raised wicker baskets, and chef-prepared dinners of beef, chicken, rabbit, liver, cabbage, and rice every night.
Sometimes the dog’s meals were prepared by the Queen herself.
Her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, however, was said to have ‘loathed’ the dogs’ yapping.
In 1989 it was reported that an animal behaviour expert was called in to cure the corgis from their habit of nipping members of the Royal Family.
Two years later, however, the Queen tried to break up a corgi fight and needed three stitches after being bitten on her left hand.