The Royal Doghouse

[egarrard]

Anne's dog kills Queen's corgi (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3345585.stm)
One of the Queen's corgis has been put down after being savaged by an English bull terrier owned by Princess Anne.

The attack is thought to have happened on Monday, when the corgis ran out to greet the Princess Royal as she arrived at Sandringham for Christmas.

Princess Anne was convicted under the Dangerous Dogs Act last year after the same dog attacked two children.

BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the future of the dog, called Dotty, is now being reviewed.

The Queen is said to be devastated by the death of her corgi.

It is thought it was Pharos, one of her oldest and dearest pets.

Corgis are famously associated with the Queen

Although Buckingham Palace is not saying anything about the incident formally, the Queen is reported to have joined her daughter and royal footmen in trying to separate the dogs.

But Pharos had been badly injured and had to be put down yesterday.

The Queen's love for her corgis is well known and they were last seen in public milling around the feet of England's World Cup rugby stars at a Buckingham Palace reception earlier this month.

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[Maro]

Looks like I am folowing all your stories as I read the paper!

News just in:

"DOTTIE is innocent. Buckingham Palace confirmed last night that the culprit who killed the Queen’s oldest corgi last week was in fact another of the Princess Royal’s three cream-coloured English bull terriers, Florence.

In what now appears to be a serious case of mistaken identity, Dottie endured days of vilification in the media after the attack at Sandringham. Animal welfare activists even called for her to be put down. "


Word is that they are trying to avoid having Dottie put down as the law demands.

[Airmack]

the law demands it but law must to apply to the queen.

figure head. pst

[neutralz]

corgies are dam cute!!
its sad that it had to be put down cuz it was attacked by a bull terrier. i wonder why does she like keeping bull terriers when they are fiercer >_<

[bejohnson]

Royal dog bites maid on leg
Florence the bull terrier in more trouble
Updated: 11:01 p.m. ET Dec. 30, 2003


LONDON - Florence, a bull terrier belonging to Britain’s Princess Anne, has attacked a royal servant only days after savaging one of Queen Elizabeth’s dogs which had to be put down, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.

Anne, the queen’s only daughter, has already been in trouble over the behavior of her three English bull terriers.

The Princess was the first British royal to be convicted of a criminal offence in 350 years when she pleaded guilty in November last year after she failed to stop another of her dogs, Dottie, from biting two children.

She was fined 500 pounds ($880) and told to pay the same again in compensation, but she could have faced six months in jail.

The latest episode of doggie bad behavior occurred at the queen’s Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, eastern England on Saturday when Florence bit a maid on the leg. The servant was treated by a doctor. English bull terriers are a stocky breed of dog with powerful jaws.

The news is likely to prompt calls for the terrier to be destroyed since it now has a history of attacks—the queen’s corgi Pharos and now the maid. Buckingham Palace refused to comment on whether the dog would be put down.

The queen has bred corgis—a short-legged Welsh farm dog with a fox-like face—since being given a ***** called Susan for her 18th birthday. Her dogs can often be seen in news footage milling around the legs of the queen’s guests.

Copyright 2003 Reuters

[Artcwolf]

The Corgi has a first name...

It's d-i-n-n-e-r

The Corgi has a second name...

It's a-p-p-e-t-i-z-e-r

[tanman_sg]

i feel sorry for the poor little animal.

woof.