The Pembroke Welsh
Corgi, the breed favoured by the Queen, is a the soft-coated wheaten terrier and it also
on the Kennel Club's watch list. Only between 301 and
450 puppies have been registered this year.
The Pembroke
Welsh Corgi lineage has been traced back as far as 1107 AD. It is said that the Vikings and Flemish
weavers brought the dogs with them as they travelled to reside in Wales
The Queen owns 16
dogs of this breed. In September 2012,
it was reported that two of them, Monty (who had appeared in the James Bond
scenes in the London 2012 Olympics ) and Cider (who is half Dachshund) had
passed away.
Memo to self: I must check out the Flemish connection.
2 comments:
It was a shame that the corgis didn't accompany her parachuting into the Olympics!
That would have been fun!
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