Queen Elizabeth II: The Sweetest, Funniest Moments From Her Reign
10.09.2022 - 00:41
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The British are known for keeping a “stiff upper lip,” and Queen Elizabeth II was no exception. But those who were close to the queen knew that she had a great sense of humour underneath her serene and stoic public image.
Throughout her long life, there have been many times when she let down her guard, so to speak, whether that be delighting at animals or cracking jokes with world leaders.
In honour of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and Canada’s longest-serving head of state, we remember some of the sweetest and funniest moments in the extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II.
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A corgi lover for life
Ever since she was a young girl, Elizabeth has been captivated by corgis — a love that lasted her entire life.
When she was just a princess, Elizabeth fell in love with the Royal Family’s first corgi, Dookie, who was adopted in 1933.
The first corgi she ever owned herself was named Susan, and was gifted to her by her father in 1944 for her 18th birthday. Susan would be the beginning of a large family tree of corgis, over 30 in total, bred by the queen.
The queen also bred corgis with dachshunds to create dorgis. This adorable mix-breed was perhaps the result of an unplanned tryst between one of Elizabeth’s corgis and Princess Margaret’s dachshund. The sisters mated the dogs again and more than 10 dorgis were bred over the years.
In 2015, it was reported that the queen was planning to end her corgi breeding efforts because she didn’t want to leave any behind after her death.
When the queen died, she had four dogs left: two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker-spaniel. Ownership of the dogs will likely pass to her successor King Charles