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The new bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II was unveiled on the day she was to celebrate her 98th birthday. But it wasn’t the Queen’s statue that stole the show.
Monday, April 22, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Fifty corgis attended the unveiling of the new statue in Rutland. During her time as queen, she is estimated to have owned around 30 corgis and dorgis. During her reign, she was photographed with the animals everywhere she went. Three faithful bronze corgis were placed at her feet near the queen’s statue. As a result, the delegation of dogs from The Welsh Corgi League was more than happy to attend the unveiling.
Sculptor Hywel Pratley, who commissioned the statue from Lord Lieutenant Sarah Furness, believes the memorial will not only be a hit with royal fans but will also attract social media users wanting a selfie with the Queen and her trio of corgis.
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Corgi on honeymoon
The Queen’s love of corgis dates back to her childhood, when her father King George VI bought Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret a Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi when she was seven.
Years later, on the Queen’s 18th birthday, a new corgi, Susan, arrived. The two quickly became inseparable and Suusan even joined the Queen and Prince Philip on their honeymoon in 1947. Susan soon started her own corgi dynasty, with Sugar, who belonged to Prince Charles, and Honey, who went to the Queen Mother .
The late queen loved her so much that after the dog’s death in 1959, she personally designed a headstone for her grave at Sandringham House.