King Charles III meets corgi as he greets well-wishers
That’s doggone cute.
King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla were greeted by a special fan in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.
The newly appointed monarch and the queen consort greeted mourners of Queen Elizabeth II at Hillsborough Castle — including a corgi named Connie.
The king seemed delighted to meet the white-and-tan pup as he pointed at her and let the animal sniff his hands.
He also spoke to Connie’s owner during the encounter.
Queen Elizabeth II — who died Sept. 8 at age 96 — had a longtime love for corgis, as she owned more than 30 of them throughout her 70-year reign.
However, her obsession with the breed started in her childhood, long before she met and married Prince Phillip.
As a 7-year-old princess in 1933, Elizabeth II reportedly asked her dad, King George VI, for a Pembroke Welsh corgi after meeting her friend’s pet. The lively dogs were mainly bred in Wales at the time and were still fairly uncommon in England, but George VI found a breeder.
Thus, Dookie the corgi entered the royal family as Elizabeth II’s first of many dogs.
The royal even created her own hybrid breed with her sister Princess Margaret in the 1970s called the “dorgi” — a cross between a dachshund and a corgi.
The queen left behind four dogs when she died: two Pembroke Welsh corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel.
The Duke and Duchess of York — Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson — are taking the corgis that belonged to the late queen, who Fergie “bonded” with during dog walks, according to the Telegraph.
“The duchess bonded with Her Majesty over dog-walking and riding horses, and even after her divorce, she would continue her great friendship with Her Majesty by walking the dogs in Frogmore and chatting,” a source told the outlet.
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The queen’s funeral will take place on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey.
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