As Queen Camilla’s Jack Russell dies — every royal’s favourite dog breed

She was a imaginativeness successful bluish velvet and the precocious Queen's aquamarine and diamond tiara, which she wore for the archetypal time. Camilla does not conscionable stock Elizabeth II’s jewels, however; some person devoted clip and emotion to canine companions. As such, Camilla has been near heartbroken aft her rescue dog, which she adopted from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, was enactment down aft being diagnosed with an untreatable tumour.

Buckingham Palace posted connected societal media alongside a montage of images of the Queen's pet: "A bittersweet farewell to Beth, the Queen's much-loved companion… who brought specified joy, whether connected walkies, helping connected authoritative duties oregon curled up by the fire."

The touching infinitesimal does radiance a spotlight connected 1 charming constituent of The Royal Family, however; their idiosyncratic emotion of circumstantial canine breeds. From Princess Margaret’s specification that her 2 Sealyhams, Johnnie and Pippin, should beryllium delivered to her chamber each greeting with her meal tray, to the Queen’s world-famous coterie of Corgi’s — present are the royal’s favoured pets. 

Is determination a much iconic pairing than the precocious Queen Elizabeth II and her battalion of loyal corgis? In her beingness she owned much than 30 (with fabulous names including Cider, Rum, Berry, Brandy, Chipper, Harris, Pickles, Piper, Tinker and Vulcan.)

The archetypal came erstwhile the Queen was conscionable 7 years old, and her begetter King George VI welcomed Dookie to the household. While the Windor’s had historically leant towards shih tzus and labradors, young princesses Elizabeth, and her sister Margaret, had enjoyed playing with a Pembroke corgi owned by the children of Viscount Weymouth and asked for their own.

On Elizbeth’s 18th birthday, successful 1944, she received Susan the corgi — who would spell connected to beryllium the matriarch of a agelong enactment of royal corgi successors. Susan adjacent joined the Queen and Prince Phillip connected their honeymoon successful 1947.

Then came the dorgis. This supposedly occurred erstwhile Princess Margaret’s dachshund, named Pipkin, mated with 1 of the Queen’s corgis, Tiny, producing the beloved royal dorgi, Candy, who spent a loyal 18 years by the monarch’s side. It was the Queen’s last heartbreak erstwhile Candy died conscionable months earlier her, successful 2022.

She was survived by 2 corgis, Sandy and Muick, which were bought for her by Prince Andrew aft the decease of her husband, and are looked aft by Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson astatine the Royal Lodge successful Windsor.

In the 1950s, Princess Margaret was besotted with a brace of Sealyham terriers, a uncommon Welsh breed of tiny to medium-sized terrier. It is said that she required her 2 Sealyhams, Johnnie and Pippin, were beryllium brought to her chamber each greeting on with her meal tray. One fabulous portrait, by Cecil Beaton, sees her posing with a Sealyham. She besides owned dachshunds, famously Pipkin, who fathered Candy, the Queen’s archetypal dorgi, arsenic good arsenic a a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Rawley.

The nonaccomplishment of Queen Camilla’s Jack Russell, Beth, was announced this week — nevertheless the King and Queen inactive ain Bluebell, Beth’s comrade, who was besides adopted from Battersea Cats and Dogs home, a twelvemonth aft successful 2012.

"Along I went to Battersea, and Beth appeared and she had conscionable been moved from pillar to station and dumped,” the Queen has said. “We thought it would beryllium bully for her to person a friend. They recovered [Bluebell] 2 oregon 3 weeks aboriginal wandering astir successful woods, nary hairsbreadth connected her, covered successful sores, virtually dead. And they nursed her backmost to beingness and her hairsbreadth grew again. She's precise sweet, but a tiny spot neurotic, shall we say."

King Charles has agelong been a instrumentality of Jack Russells, which were bred successful the 19th period to hunt foxes supra and beneath ground. Famously, 1994 saw quality interruption of the past Prince Charles’ mislaid terrier Pooh, successful the woods astatine Balmoral. He was ne'er found.

Pooh was followed by Tigga, who lived to a large 18 years old, took a starring relation astatine polo matches and featured connected household Christmas cars, and was enactment down successful 2002 owed to aged age. Charles was said to beryllium “very sad” pursuing Tigga’s passing. The pooch lives connected done a commemorative sculpture by creator Emma Stothard, however, who crafted the Jack Russell from willow for Charles’ state house, Highgrove Gardens. Any devoted fans tin acquisition their ain Tigga sculpture for £955, highgrovegardens.com.

"The bully happening astir dogs is you tin beryllium them down, you could person a bully agelong conversation, you could beryllium cross, you could beryllium bittersweet and they conscionable beryllium looking astatine you wagging their tail," Queen Camillia reflected, connected Radio 5 Live.

Princess Anne loves her Bull terriers, but they surely person a past of keeping her occupied. In an invariably melodramatic series of events, she coiled up arsenic the archetypal royal successful much than a period to be court, wherever she was recovered blameworthy nether the Dangerous Dogs Act aft her canine Dotty spot 2 children successful Hyde Park successful 2002. Another, Florence, was blamed for attacking 1 of the Queen’s corgis, Pharo, successful 2003, which aboriginal had to beryllium enactment down owed to the injuries sustained.

The Prince and Princess of Wales currently ain 1 Cocker Spaniel named Orla, which was a acquisition from Catherine’s member James Middleton successful 2021. Middleton has been outspoken astir his emotion of the breed this year, publishing a publication dedicated to his precocious spaniel entitled Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life. Prince William adjacent fto gaffe that helium and Kate let Orla to cuddle with them successful furniture astatine night.

Orla came aft the household mislaid their cocker spaniel Lupo successful 2020, whom they adopted successful 2011, and became a prima successful his ain close acknowledgment to his appearances successful a fig of royal photographs, including the archetypal authoritative portraits of Prince George.

The York sisters emotion Norfolk terriers, and the household astatine ample presently owns a battalion of 4 — Jack, Cici, Teddy, and Ginger. There was a fifth, named Orange, who sadly died successful 2019 aft being poisoned by a works successful Windsor Great Park. Prince Andrew and his ex-WIfe Sarah Ferguson besides look aft the Queen’s remaining corgis, Sandy and Muick.