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Poor Queen Elizabeth. Barely a month after her “strength and stay” Prince Philip passed away, her five-month-old dorgi Fergus has died.
Little Fergus was one of a pair of dorgis – a dachshund/corgi cross – gifted to her by her son Prince Andrew earlier this year to help pep up her spirits while her 99-year-old husband lay gravely ill in hospital.
Sadly he succumbed to heart problems which he'd been born with.
“Everyone concerned is upset as this comes so soon after she lost her husband," a source told The Sun.
The queen was reportedly delighted by the arrival of her pups in February, as she’d been left with just one dorgi, Candy, after fellow pooch Vulcan passed away last November.
Vulcan was one of her most loyal companions, having been with a member of the royal household since 2007.
Her Majesty named Fergus after her uncle Fergus Bowes-Lyon, who died in France in World War 1. It’s not clear how the pup died.
Fergus and the other pup, Muick, were last seen with the queen on 16 April – the day before Philip’s funeral – when the monarch drove them from Windsor Castle to Frogmore Gardens for a walk.
The queen has had a long relationship with dogs, particularly her beloved corgis, and has owned more than 30 during her 72-year reign.
In 2018, her last corgi, Willow – who was a 14th generation descendant of her first corgi Susan, which she got for her 18th birthday and even took on honeymoon – was put down after suffering from cancer.
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She hasn’t had a corgi since, opting instead for dorgis. The hybrid started when one of the queen’s dogs mated with a dachshund called Pippin belonging to the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret.
After Vulcan died, the queen vowed not to get another puppy because she was worried about tripping over the animal and leaving a young dog behind after she passed on. However, Andrew decided a pair of pups were just the thing to perk up his mother, palace aides said.
Tragically, she’s been left mourning yet again.
Sources: dailymail.co.uk, msn.com, thesun.co.uk
