mourners of Queen Elizabeth II at Hillsborough Castle — including a corgi named Connie.The king seemed delighted to meet the white-and-tan pup as he pointed at her and let the animal sniff his hands.He also spoke to Connie’s owner during the encounter.Queen Elizabeth II — who died Sept.
8 at age 96 — had a longtime love for corgis, as she owned more than 30 of them throughout her 70-year reign.However, her obsession with the breed started in her childhood, long before she met and married Prince Phillip.
As a 7-year-old princess in 1933, Elizabeth II reportedly asked her dad, King George VI, for a Pembroke Welsh corgi after meeting her friend’s pet.
The lively dogs were mainly bred in Wales at the time and were still fairly uncommon in England, but George VI found a breeder.Thus, Dookie the corgi entered the royal family as Elizabeth II’s first of many dogs.
Read more on nypost.com