Carla La Tella
Family & Pets

Heart-warming detail about the moment Queen Elizabeth II passed away

Palace sources have shed light on what happened the night the Queen passed away, including one particularly heart-warming detail.

Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved corgis lay with her while she was on her deathbed, according to new reports. The royal pups, Muick and Sandy, were with the monarch “in the room” until the very end on September 8 at Balmoral Castle.

The adorable duo made mourner’s hearts swell, appearing during the Queen’s funeral alongside Prince Andrew outside Windsor Castle, awaiting the arrival of the hearse to farewell their late owner.

The Duke of York is said to be taking care of the corgis from here on out.

Muick - named after Loch Muick on the Queen’s Balmoral property – was gifted to the monarch alongside another corgi named Fergus when Prince Philip was hospitalised in March 2021. Fergus passed away a few months after the Prince.

Princess Beatrice then gifted Her Majesty a second corgi named Sandy.

Prince William confirmed the Queen’s last living corgis were doing well the day before her state funeral.

“I saw them the other day,” the new Prince of Wales told a mourner. “They’re being looked after fine. They’re two very friendly corgis. They’ve got a good home. They’re being looked after very well.”

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The Queen, family & pets, corgis, grief, Royal Family