The Queen’s ‘angered’ Prince Charles by ‘picking ticks off her corgis and throwing them in the fire’, royal biographer claims
THE QUEEN is famed for her beloved corgis, but it seems that not everyone was a fan of their close bond.
A royal biographer has claimed that Prince Charles was “angered” by her his mum’s habit of picking ticks off her pooches.
Ingrid Seward writes in her 1995 book “Prince Edward": “The Queen has little ways which can disconcert those who are not used to them.
“[Prince Edward’s former girlfriend] Romy Adlington recalled one night watching the Queen picking ticks off her corgis and throwing them into the fire.
“In the end it got too much for Prince Charles. He said: ‘Oh really! Do you have to do that here?’
“The Queen carried on!”
Sadly this is not a habit that Her Majesty will be continuing following the death of her last corgi, Whisper in October last year.
The beloved 12-year-old pooch was a huge hit at the palace, and used to devotedly follow her from room to room.
The Queen still has two furry friends left, Candy and Vulcan, who are dorgis, dachshund and corgi crosses.
The death of Whisper marked the end of an era for the Queen, who has cared for corgis since she received her first one, called Susan, for her 18th birthday in 1944.
The Queen fell in love with the breed, and all her subsequent corgis can trace their lineage to Susan.
Although she became an expert in the breed over the years, she made the decision to stop breeding them five years ago.
Her Majesty is said to have feared tripping over them, and also worried about who would care for them if she was no longer able to herself.
Bounding, snapping, leaping and constantly vying for attention, at one time the Queen had 13 corgis to take for walkies, leading Princess Diana to dub them “the moving carpet”.
Living a pampered lifestyle where they ate fresh rabbit from silver bowls and were rarely told off, the disobedient hounds bit courtiers, policemen, guardsmen and even the Queen herself.
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She was introduced to the joys of the Welsh breed at the age of seven by her father, King George VI, who had one called Dookie.
The King had opted for the Pembroke corgi, which is more boisterous than the Cardigan, and has a tendency to bark at everything.
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