Queen Elizabeth II was well known for her many trademarks. The Queen loved afternoon tea and her colorful outfits, but she was even more fond of the corgi.
Though the corgi has become a trendy dog in the US in recent years, the Queen was a lifelong champion of the breed and is estimated to have owned over 30 of them during her reign. A special video for the London Summer Olympics in 2012 features the Queen and Daniel Craig as James Bond.
The Queen is fond of corgis. The dorgi is a cross between a dachshund and a Welsh corgi and was created by Queen Elizabeth II. Tiny, one of the Queen's corgis, and Pipkin, one of Princess Margaret's dachshunds, were the cause of the dorgi's birth.
When she was 7 years old, the Queen started to like corgis. A friend of hers had a corgi, and she wanted one as well. In Wales, corgis were common, but not in England. Dookie was the royal family's first corgi and was purchased from a local kennel in 1933 by King George VI.
Princess Elizabeth was given a corgi puppy named Susan when she was 18 years old. The corgi would become the Queen's faithful companion for years to come, even joining her and Prince Philip on their honeymoon to Scotland in 1947.
The Queen bred Susan, who died in 1959, and her descendants have been around for over a decade. Queen Elizabeth II stopped breeding dogs as she got older. The monarch was affected by the death of Susan's last descendant, willow. Two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel are said to be with the Queen when she leaves. They don't know who will care for them in the future.
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