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The royal corgis - The Queen has kept corgis longer than she's known her husband, Prince Philip.
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Where it all started - According to Royal, King George acquired the family's first corgi, Dookie, in 1933.
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Dookie - According to Royal Central, a young Princess Elizabeth picked Dookie from three puppies. It was reported that she chose Dookie because he had a long tail and her reasoning was, "So that we can see whether he's pleased or not."
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Jane - Shortly after, a second corgi named Jane was added to the family.
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Carol and Crackers - Jane gave birth to two puppies: Crackers and Carol. Crackers was reportedly the family favourite.
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Susan - On her 18th birthday, a young Princess Elizabeth was given a corgi puppy that she named Susan.
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Honeymoon - According to Vanity Fair, Susan joined the Queen and Prince Philip on their honeymoon.
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Next generation - In 1949, Susan gave birth to two puppies. This was the beginning of the royal corgi breeding program.
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Dynasty - Since then, all of the Queen's corgis have descended from Susan.
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Dynasty - Susan spawned 14 generations of royal corgis.
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Manners - According to Royal Central, Susan used to bite members of the household staff.
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Dorgi - It has been reported that a young Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret invented the 'Dorgi'.
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Dorgi - According to Royal Central, the princesses invented the dorgi by cross-breeding one of Elizabeth's corgis, Tiny, with Margaret's dachshund, Pipkin.
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Corgis - Queen Elizabeth has owned over 30 corgis during her reign.
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007 - In a video as part of the London Olympics opening ceremony, Daniel Craig reprised his role as James Bond alongside the Queen.
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Cameo - Royal corgis Holly and Willow also star alongside Agent 007 and Her Royal Highness.
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The footman - According to an article by the BBC, a royal footman was demoted for allegedly getting the corgis drunk.
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Drunk - The article states that the footman would add whisky and gin to the corgis' water as a party trick.
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Evidence - The footman was exposed when a post-mortem examination revealed that one of the corgis had traces of alcohol in its blood.
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Willow - Sadly, corgis are no longer a part of the royal family. Queen Elizabeth II's last living corgi, Willow, was euthanized after a battle with cancer. The Queen does, however, still have two dorgis, Vulcan and Candy.
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Family pet - A young Prince Charles and Princess Anne play in the sand with their pet corgi at Holkham Beach, 1957.
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Walkies - Prince Charles with the family corgi at Liverpool Street Station, 1966.
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Worldwide - The Queen stops to meet a pack of corgis at the Adelaide Hills Kennel Club on her visit to Australia in 2002.
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Hello - Prince Charles stops to strokes a corgi during the 130th Sandringham Flower Show.
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Welsh corgis - Queen Elizabeth stops to meet corgis at Welshpool train station in Wales, 2010.
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Kennels
- The Queen attends the opening of the new Mary Tealby dog kennels in London, 2015.
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A history of the Queen's beloved corgis
The British royal family's favorite dogs
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She's loved them since she was a child, and they've accompanied her through much of her reign as queen. We're speaking, of course, of Queen Elizabeth's beloved corgis.
Word has gotten around that she even assigns her dogs their own footmen, and chefs at Buckingham Palace make them a separate menu—so you can imagine just how much she loves them. Sadly, her corgi-dachshund mix named Vulcan recently passed away at Windsor Castle. Vulcan was one of the four royal dogs that was immortalized in the Queen's portraits taken for her 90th birthday by the famous Annie Leibovitz.
Click through for a look at the Queen's long relationship with corgis.
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