Queen Elizabeth II revealed on Thursday that she has managed to breed two tri-colour corgi pups and spoke to the members of Adelaide Hills Kennel Club about her new training programme for Buckingham Palace’s resident corgis. The Queen was speaking at the club as part of her current royal tour.
Her achievement was made known when she met seven prize-winning Pembrokeshire corgis lined up like a canine guard of honour on the lawn of Adelaide’s Government House.
Kennel Club member Colleen Webb said the Queen was particularly taken with her tri-colour corgi Wade, who was the only one of the seven corgis on parade to yap throughout his audience with the monarch. Colleen told reporters that the Queen had remarked, “He’s a bit vocal isn’t he?”, before going on to disclose that she had been trying to breed her own tri-colours - so-called because of the distinctive black markings on their traditional red and white coats.
The result was two pups, Linnet and Monty, who were born of the monarch’s corgi Emma two years ago. Queen Elizabeth kept Linnet and gave Monty to the Queen Mother on her 100th birthday. The Queen has four corgis, Linnet and Emma, plus Pharaoh and Swift. The corgis are all descended from Susan, the Queen's first corgi which was given to her when she turned 18.
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