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News broke early on Friday that Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland aged 96 after reigning for 70 years.

Tributes immediately flooded in for the UK’s longest-serving monarch with her eldest son, now King Charles III, saying the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around the world.

In addition to great sadness, Her Majesty’s passing has also raised a lot of questions and interest in the life of the longest-reigning monarch.

One of which is what would happen to her beloved Corgis.

A spokesperson for the Duke of York has now confirmed that Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will look after the Queen’s prized pooches ‘Muick’ and ‘Sandy’.

A source told The Sun: “It’s fascinating – Charles is now King, Camilla is Queen Consort, William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales.

“As for Andrew, there is no new title and apparently no way back into the fold. Instead he just gets the dogs.”

The Queen had previously expressed a wish not to add any more corgis – or dorgis – for fear of leaving any young dog behind in the event of her death.

But when the Duke of Edinburgh was hospitalised shortly before his death last March, Andrew presented her with two new puppies (i.e. return to sender feels approp’ here).

Lizzie named them Muick, after one of her favourite spots at Balmoral, and Fergus after an uncle she never knew. Fergus the pup tragically died just two months later of a heart defect.

In June, on what would have been the Duke’s 100th birthday, Andrew and his daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, presented her with a replacement pup, Sandy.

Fun fact of the day: Over her lifetime, Queen Elizabeth II owned more than 30 Corgis and is credited with introducing the ‘Dorgi’ after an unexpected ‘encounter’ between her Corgi Tiny and Princess Margaret’s Dachshund Pipkin.

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By Ally Parker

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