Prince Andrew is inheriting 2 of the Queen's 3 remaining corgis, BBC report says
Following the Queen's death, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife will adopt two of the three corgis that belonged to her.
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- Queen Elizabeth II owned three corgis at the time of her death in Balmoral last week, the BBC said.
- Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, will adopt two of them, the BBC reported.
- Muick and Sandy will live with the couple in their estate in Windsor, the BBC reported.
Prince Andrew is going to inherit two of Queen Elizabeth II's remaining corgis following her death last week, the BBC reported.
The Queen owned three dogs at the time of her death: two young corgis named Muick and Sandy, and one dorgi — a dachshund-corgi cross — named Candy, the BBC said in its report, published late on Sunday.
Muick and Sandy will be living with the Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York at the Royal Lodge near Windsor Castle, a source close to Andrew told the BBC. It is unclear who will take Candy.
"The corgis will return to live at Royal Lodge with the duke and duchess. It was the duchess who found the puppies which were gifted to Her Majesty by the duke," the source told the BBC.
"The duchess bonded with Her Majesty over dog walking and riding horses, and even after her divorce, she would continue her great friendship with Her Majesty, by walking the dogs in Frogmore and chatting," the source said.
Despite their divorce in 1996, the duke and duchess of York have remained close and still live together at the Royal Lodge, a mansion on the grounds of the Windsor Estate.
They have two children, 34-year-old Princess Beatrice and 32-year-old Princess Eugenie, who live in London and Windsor respectively.
Andrew and his daughters initially gave Muick and another puppy named Fergus to the Queen in 2021.
They had wanted to lift the Queen's spirits while her husband, the late Prince Philip, was in hospital, The Guardian reported.
When Fergus unexpectedly died of a heart defect in May 2021, Eugene and Beatrice gifted the Queen another corgi named Sandy to replace him, the BBC reported.
Angela Kelly, the Queen's personal assistant and friend, told Hello Magazine in April that the dogs were a "constant joy," who "always brought a smile to everyone's faces."
The Queen has had more than 30 royal corgis throughout her historic 70-year reign.
Andrew is the third child of the Queen, who was forced to step down from royal duties in 2020 after he was accused of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre. He has denied the allegations.
A royal biographer speculated over the weekend that the Queen's dogs would likely be given to Andrew, telling Newsweek: "It would seem most logical that the corgis go to Andrew … Let's face it, he hasn't got anything else to do."