Photos: Cuddles with corgis to celebrate the queen's favourite dogs

Corgis are closely associated with the Queen, who marks her Platinum Jubilee this week

Published: June 02, 2022 11:53 AFP and compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web editor

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London: Wearing a Union Jack bandana, Obi the corgi stares intently at the camera as he snuggles on a floral sofa with a woman in a tiara. "The queen would approve," his owner says after the photo session, giving him a snack. Image Credit: AFP

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Corgis - lively brown-and-white dogs with pointed ears and short legs - are closely associated with Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this week. At the "Corgi Cam" pop-up in London's historic Leadenhall Market, visitors can take pictures with a rotating team of dogs while dressing up in faux ermine robes, crowns and tiaras. Image Credit: AFP

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The 96-year-old queen has kept Pembroke Welsh Corgis since she was 18, and even appeared with her dogs in a spoof James Bond clip filmed for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. The free Corgi Cam event outstripped expectations, with some waiting for several hours to attend, says organiser Katie Raby. Image Credit: AFP

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"Everyone associates the dog with her majesty and we wanted to be able to celebrate that," she says. The breed experienced a rush of interest recently due to the Netflix series "The Crown", but still remains quite rare in the United Kingdom. Image Credit: AFP

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"Many people have never actually met a corgi," Raby says. "There aren't many around these days." Image Credit: AFP

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The event runs from midday to 6 pm, with people getting slots of about five minutes each with a corgi. "They're used to doing gigs with members of the public and they're very used to being fussed over," Raby says of the dogs. Image Credit: AFP

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"We'd just seen this and thought we'd come down," says Ria Measom, 23, posing with her university friend, Megan Oakley, 24, in a red robe, crown and tiara. "We've been queuing for about two hours," Measom says. "But it was worth it because they brought the corgis out and we could pet them while we waited." Image Credit: AFP

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"It's good. I think the queen would like it, she should bring her corgis," she says, giggling. "We'd never seen one (a corgi) this close before," adds Oakley. "They're really soft." Another visitor, Zaida Flores, has brought along her parents who are visiting from Ecuador, and they sit together with two of the dogs. Image Credit: AFP

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The queen stopped raising corgis in her 90s but kept two "dorgis" - dachshund and corgi crosses - to keep her company in her final years. One, Vulcan, died in 2020. The other, Candy, was in March 2021 joined by two new corgi puppies - Muick and Sandy - during the coronavirus lockdown. Image Credit: AFP

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People pose with a corgi dogs during the Corgicam event taking place at Leadenhall Market, central London, on June 1, 2022 prior to the Platinum jubilee celebrations of Britain's Queen. Image Credit: AFP

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