Queen Elizabeth's royal dogs, a pack of corgis, hardly live a dog's life. Instead, they are fed by the queen herself, off silver plates and according to seniority, a new feature in Town & Country reveals.
Each corgi receives an "individually designed menu" that also includes homeopathic and herbal treatments. While the dogs sit around the queen in a semi-circle during feeding times, animal therapist Roger Mugford guides the pets and a butler serves the meals on silver platters, according to The Daily Beast.
"As I watched, the Queen got the corgis to sit in a semi-circle around her, and then fed them one by one, in order of seniority. The others just sat and patiently waited their turn," Mugford said. Queen Elizabeth apparently does not tolerate unruly behavior from her pets, so dinner times are expectedly smooth among impeccably behaved royal dogs.
Queen Elizabeth owns two corgis, Willow and Holly, and she has had the same pet breed for most of her life. She also owns two dachshund-corgi crossbreeds (or dorgis), Candy and Vulcan. The queen also has a stable of pet horses.
"When she's talking about her dogs or her horses you see a completely different side to her: she relaxes," Mugford further said. "Dogs are great levelers, and they're not influenced by social status, which must be a great relief to her. No wonder she enjoys being around them."
The queen developed a love for corgi's through her father, King George VI, who gave the royal family their first corgi, Dookie, in 1933, according to Bark Post. The royal dogs travel with Queen Elizabeth whenever possible.
