Queen Elizabeth’s Corgis Heartbreakingly Bid Her a Final Farewell Before the Monarch’s Burial Two Years Ago

Mar. 15, 2025

Members of the Royal Household stand with the Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, as they await the funeral cortege on Sept. 19, 2022 in Windsor.Photo:Justin Setterfield/Getty

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Two years ago,Queen Elizabethwas laid to rest — and a poignant moment with the late monarch’s corgis made the emotional day even more so.

After her death on Sept. 8, 2022 at age 96, Her late Majesty’s funeral and committal service took place 11 days later on Sept. 19. After more than a week’s worth of moving moments preceding her funeral at Westminster Abbey that day, a touching moment as Queen Elizabeth’s coffin arrived at Windsor Castle stirred hearts globally — and involved her two remaining corgis, Sandy and Muick.

As the late Queen arrived at Windsor Castle, Sandy and Muick stood with aidesto welcome her coffin to the groundsahead of her committal service at St. George’s Chapel. The heart wrenching moment was especially emotional because of how much the Queen was known tolove her dogs— she had over 30 corgis and dachshund-corgi mixes (known as “dorgis”) over the course of her long life.

The Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, at Windsor Castle on Sept. 19, 2022, ahead of the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth.GLYN KIRK/POOL/AFP via Getty

After 10 years of marriage, the Duke and Duchess of York divorced in 1996 but currently still live together at Royal Lodge.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York pets the corgis as they await the the coffin of Queen Elizabeth as it travels on its way to Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St. George’s Chapel on Sept. 19, 2022.Peter Nicholls-WPA Pool/Getty

He added, “They are two very friendly corgis, so they’ve got a good home. They’ll be looked after very well. Spoiled rotten, I’m sure.”

The late monarch decided tostop adopting corgis in the mid-2010sbecause, asThe Telegraphreported, she didn’t want to leave any dog behind when she died. However, Prince Andrewgifted his motherwith two new puppies in March 2021, just before Prince Philip died the next month. One puppy tragically died just weeks later, and on what would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday that June, Prince Andrewgave his mother another puppy, bringing her corgi count to two. The then Princess Elizabeth received her first corgi when she was just 7 years old.

Ferguson previously told PEOPLE thatQueen Elizabeth was her “total idol”and said that if she were to talk to her now, Ferguson would “tell her about the magnolia trees in the garden, because she loved that, and the primroses on the banks of Windsor, and the snowdrops,” she said. “She would love that her doggies were walking wherever she walked before.”

Queen Elizabeth at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 press day at Chelsea Flower Show on May 20, 2019 in London.Geoff Pugh - WPA Pool/Getty Images

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Queen Elizabeth’s beloved fell pony, Emma, watching the procession with one of the monarch’s headscarves on her saddle.Getty Images

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