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The Queen and her corgis

Queen Elizabeth has had a life-long love for corgis and this collection of images show her furry family through the ages.

Rarely without her beloved animals, Queen Elizabeth is one of the only known world leaders to be so widely identified with a particular breed, and she has been heard to say “My corgis are my family,” according to Vanity Fair.

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Queen Elizabeth’s love of Corgis began in 1933 when her father brought her home a pup named Dookie.

Shortly after that she began breeding them herself, a practice she has only recently given up as she does not wish to leave any young dogs behind to grieve her when she dies.

These images highlight her lifelong passion.

Queen Elizabeth II with one of her corgis

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at King’s Cross railway station with 4 corgis

The Queen and her corgis, 1969

The Queen with a retinue of corgis meets All Blacks

The Queen with a retinue of corgis meets the New Zealand All Blacks at Buckingham Palace, November 2002

footman walking corgis

Footman walking the Royal Dogs, a dorgi and a corgi, in Buckingham Palace gardens.

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Queen Elizabeth and two corgis at Liverpool station

Queen Elizabeth and two corgis at Liverpool Street Station

Queens dead Corgi’s headstone

The grave of one of her favorite dogs

Elizabeth at Windsor, 1944

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The Royal family walking the corgis at Balmoral Castle estate during a family holiday, 1957

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with a corgi in the drawing room of Balmoral Castle

Queen Elizabehg and Prince Philip with a corgi in the drawing room of Balmoral Castle, 1977

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