As Britain this week celebrates the queen’s 70 years on the throne, corgis are playing a starring role.
Corgi images adorn commemorative ornaments, pillows, mugs and biscuits. Corgi sculptures have been installed around the streets of central London. And during a finale pageant procession on Sunday, a giant puppet of the queen will be surrounded by a pack of puppet corgis.
According to the British tabloids, the queen currently has two corgis named Muick and Sandy, a dorgi named Candy and, in a break from tradition, a cocker spaniel named Lissy. On Sunday, around 300 pooches, and their humans, found their way to the Refinery, a restaurant in central London that was decked out in royal memorabilia. A life-size cardboard cutout of the queen with a “dogs this way” sign greeted customers outside.
His corgi, Sue Baker, was squirming in his arms and less interested in a Washington Post reporter’s questions than in the nearby “pupuccino bar.” At one point, a pair of corgis were giving the feet of Abbie Keane, 43, a lot of attention. She works at a doggy bakery and was selling an array of dog treats at the event, many in the shape of crowns and corgis.
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