Editing Welsh Corgi (section)

===British royal family===
{{main|Royal corgis}}
[[File: Queen Mother with corgis.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|The Queen Mother]] Memorial bronze on [[The Mall, London|The Mall]], by [[Paul Day (sculptor)|Paul Day]], shows her with two Corgis.]]

Queen [[Elizabeth II]] had a long association with Corgis, and she reportedly had said, "my Corgis are family".<ref name=Zeldin>{{cite news |last=Zeldin-O'Neil|first=Sophie|title=Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson to care for the Queen's corgis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/11/prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-to-care-for-the-queens-corgis |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 September 2022 |accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref> After a visit to [[Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath]] in 1933, Princesses Elizabeth and [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Margaret]] made it well known to their family that they liked the Corgis owned by the Marquess.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Pierce|title=Hug for Queen Elizabeth's first corgi |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1564705/Hug-for-Queen-Elizabeths-first-corgi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1564705/Hug-for-Queen-Elizabeths-first-corgi.html|archive-date=3 March 2016 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 October 2007 |access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=hellomag>{{cite news |title=Royal love affair with animals charted in intimate new shots |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813085754/http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2007/10/02/royal-dogs-queen/ |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2007/10/02/royal-dogs-queen/ |work=Hello|date=2 October 2007 |access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> Their father, Prince Albert, Duke of York (later [[George VI]]), purchased the Pembroke Corgi Rozavel Golden Eagle, from the Rozavel kennels in Surrey. It was renamed [[Dookie (dog)|Dookie]].<ref name="sunmail">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58099706 |title=Royal family... and their pets. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 December 1954 |access-date=28 October 2012 |page=67 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Princess Elizabeth was then given a Pembroke Corgi of her own, named [[Susan (dog)|Susan]], for her 18th birthday in 1944.<ref name=petsmonarchy>{{cite web|title=Family pets|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/RoyalAnimals/Familypets.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001059/http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/RoyalAnimals/Familypets.aspx|publisher=The British Monarchy|access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> She had a strong connection to the dog, which was hidden under rugs in the Royal Carriage following [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh|her wedding]] to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess, Phillip Take Honeymoon Joy Ride in Jeep|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wB4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5829,499122&dq=susan+corgi+queen|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=22 November 1947}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Susan became the progenitor of all the Corgis later owned by the royal household. The Queen bred 10 generations of dogs from Susan, owning personally more than 30 of the dogs, which were either purebred Pembroke Welsh Corgis or crossbreed Corgi/Dachshunds called [[Dorgi]]s.<ref name=tribute>{{cite news|title=Queen's moving tribute to her favourite corgi|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1458945/Queens-moving-tribute-to-her-favourite-corgi.html|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716061643/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1458945/Queens-moving-tribute-to-her-favourite-corgi.html|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 April 2004|location=London|first=Will|last=Bennett}}</ref><ref name=devotedcompanion>{{cite news|last=Haddon|first=Celia|title=Her devoted canine companions – cocker spaniels, labradors and, of course, corgis|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1400201/Her-devoted-canine-companions-cocker-spaniels-labradors-and-of-course-corgis.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1400201/Her-devoted-canine-companions-cocker-spaniels-labradors-and-of-course-corgis.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 April 2006|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The corgis {{ndash}} whose names included Whisky, Sherry, Mint, Dash, and Disco {{ndash}} slept in wicker baskets lined with cushions in their own room. Their diet, prepared by a "gourmet chef", reportedly included fresh rabbit and beef.<ref name=Zeldin/>

In 2018, the last of the Corgis belonging to Queen Elizabeth, and descended from Susan, was reported to have died.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-19|title=End of an Era: Queen Elizabeth's Last Corgi Has Passed Away|url=https://www.lifewithdogs.tv/end-of-an-era-queen-elizabeths-last-corgi-has-passed-away/|access-date=2022-01-25|language=en-US|author-last1=Drew|author-first1=Amy|website=Life with Dogs}}</ref><ref name=Zeldin/> However, in 2021 during the [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 lockdown]], her son, [[Prince Andrew]], gave her a Corgi named Muick. This was followed by the gift from Andrew's daughters, [[Princess Beatrice|Beatrice]] and [[Princess Eugenie|Eugenie]], of another Corgi named Sandy to mark her 95th official birthday. Upon the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death of the Queen]] in September 2022,  Prince Andrew and his former wife, [[Sarah, Duchess of York]], were to take care of Muick and Sandy.<ref name=Zeldin/>