At the state funeral of Queen Isabel IIHeld in London today, attended by hundreds of invited dignitaries as well as thousands of people who have gathered along the route of the funeral procession to say goodbye to the monarch.
Nevertheless, they are not the only ones. The Queen’s beloved corgis, Muick and Sandy, were also in attendance.
The BBC News chain captured them while awaiting the passage of the procession that carried the monarch’s coffin to the Chapel of San Jorge, where she will be buried next to her husband, Prince Felipe, after a service.
The small, sandy-colored, pointy-eared dogs were a constant presence at Elizabeth II’s court, following her through every room at Buckingham Palace and also appearing in official photographs and portraits.
The Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, sit in the forecourt of Windsor Castle to greet Her Majesty. pic.twitter.com/H02sPv17mY
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They even earned a role in the video, in which the Queen starred alongside actor Daniel Craig as James Bond for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
The queen stopped breeding corgis when she turned 90 to avoid leaving them orphans after her death. In all, she raised about 30. The dynasty ended with the death in 2018 of Willow, the last corgi she herself tamed.
But in February 2021, her son Andrés gave her two little dorgis – a Dachshund/Corgi mix – Muick and Fergus, to cheer her up during the hospitalization of her husband, Prince Philip, who died shortly afterwards, on April 9.
Now Muick and Fergus will remain in the care of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
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