Queen Camilla’s Coronation Gown Features a Sweet Tribute to Her and King Charles III’s 2 Dogs
usmagazine.comAlways at her feet! Queen Camilla incorporated her and husband King Charles III’s beloved rescue dogs in her coronation gown.Camilla, 75, stunned in a cream-colored, embellished Bruce Oldfield gown during the Saturday, May 6, crowning ceremony.
The dress featured delicate embroidery along the bottom trim, including a monogram of the queen’s official “CR” emblem and images of the married couple’s two Jack Russell terriers.Charles, 74, and his wife, whom he wed in 2005, previously adopted canines Bluebell and Beth from London’s Battersea Dogs Home.
Since then, the pups have become integral members of their family.“The nice thing about dogs is you can sit them down, you could have a nice long conversation, you could be cross, you could be sad and they just sit looking at you wagging their tail,” Camilla told BBC Radio 5 Live in July 2020 before recalling how the couple decided to adopt the pooches. “Along I went to Battersea, and Beth appeared and she had just been moved from pillar to post and dumped.
We thought it would be nice for her to have a friend. They found [Bluebell] two or three weeks later wandering about in woods, no hair on her, covered in sores, virtually dead and they nursed her back to life and her hair grew again.
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