King Charles gives update after Queen Camilla's heartbreaking loss of beloved companion

Queen Camilla revealed that her much-loved Jack Russell terrier Beth had died past week successful a poignant Instagram station - and King Charles has present fixed an update connected their plans aft the dog's death

King Charles has revealed his and Queen Camilla's plans pursuing the bittersweet nonaccomplishment of 1 of their much-loved companions.

Just days ago, it was announced that Camilla's beloved Jack Russell canine Beth had died after being diagnosed with an untreatable tumour and having to beryllium enactment to sleep. The Queen rescued Beth from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home successful 2011 on with her different Jack Russell, Bluebell. On announcing Beth's bittersweet death, Camilla paid a heartbreaking tribute and shared respective unseen pictures of the favored walking successful the countryside and giving her hubby the King a buss connected the nose.

The dog's decease came arsenic Camilla had been trying to shingle disconnected a thorax infection, which forced her to miss respective engagements, including the Royal Variety Performance connected Friday night, forcing Charles to be alone. There helium met this year's hosts of the amusement comedian Alan Carr and Britain's Got Talent justice Amanda Holden, who is an ambassador for the Battersea Cats and Dogs charity. And speaking aft the performance, Amanda revealed however the King told her helium and Camilla program to get different dog.

She explained: "We mentioned Her Majesty and we wished her good and I gave condolences for the doggie. I felt for her, I truly felt for her erstwhile that happened. He said 'we're going to get a caller one, Merry Christmas '. That's what helium said and I said yes, but get it from Battersea please."

It comes arsenic it has besides emerged that the King's state property Highgrove has been decorated for Christmas, with a saccharine motion to Beth. Among the histrion ornaments is an embroidered motif of the Jack Russell. The handmade likeness of Beth, wearing a reddish bandana decorated with a crown, and 1 of Camilla's different terrier Bluebell, implicit with a crown connected the dog's head, are caller additions to the Highgrove store this year.

Camilla adopted Beth from Battersea Cats and Dogs location backmost successful 2011 erstwhile she was conscionable 12 weeks aged aft being recovered tied to a lamppost. The Queen antecedently told Radio 5 Live: "Along I went to Battersea, and Beth appeared, and she had conscionable been moved from pillar to station and dumped."

A twelvemonth aboriginal she besides adopted Beth's companion, different Jack Russell called Bluebell. Camilla added: "We thought it would beryllium bully for her [Beth] to person a friend. They recovered [Bluebell] 2 oregon 3 weeks later, 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."

Both Beth and Bluebell made past 2 years agone erstwhile they some became the archetypal rescue dogs to determination into Buckingham Palace. In 2020, the 2 dogs appeared successful a memorable drawback shared to people Charles and Camilla's 15th wedding anniversary, with them some being cuddled by their owners during a travel to Birkhall successful Balmoral.

That aforesaid year, Beth besides took portion successful a historical archetypal erstwhile she unveiled a plaque during Camilla's archetypal sojourn to the Battersea Dogs and Cats rescue centre Windsor branch. Camilla scooped Beth up successful her arms and took her implicit to the plaque curtain, wherever a sausage had been attached to the enactment cord. Laughing arsenic Beth grabbed clasp of the sausage and pulled, Camilla cheered "brilliant" arsenic the curtain fell away, revealing the plaque.