Corgis, the breed of dog preferred by the late Queen Elizabeth II, reached record prices in the United Kingdom on Monday after the death of the monarch, that throughout his life he had about thirty of these copies.
“The asking prices for registered corgi breeders hit a record today (Monday),” a spokesman for Pets4Homes, a UK pet-selling website, said on Monday.
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The average price doubled in the last three days, according to this source.
“In the most recent announcements, prices for some corgis break the £2,500 barrier for the first time,” he said. In Colombian pesos, the value exceeds 12 million.
The site registers ten times more daily searches for corgis to last week.
These small animals are characterized by their large ears and disproportionately small legs in relation to the length of the torso.
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Corgis were the favorite dogs of Queen Elizabeth II.
The queen’s love for corgis
The queen’s love for these little dogs dates back to 1944, when her parents offered her her first corgi for her 18th birthday, Susan, from which most of the dogs she later had descended.
The queen stopped breeding corgis when she turned 90 so as not to leave them orphans after her death. The death in 2018 of Willow, the last of the corgis she had tamed herself, ended the dynasty.
But in February 202, her son Andrew gave her two little dorgis – a mix of dachshund and corgi – Muick and Fergus, to cheer her up during the hospitalization of her husband, Prince Philip, who died shortly after, on April 9.
Elizabeth II had found comfort walking them through the grounds of Windsor Castle, but Fergus died unexpectedly in May of that year.
The queen loved her corgis so much that she personally supervised their daily diet, according to the book “Pets by Royal Appointment” by Brian Hoey, which reviews the pets of British royalty since the 16th century.
A footman prepared the dogs’ dinner, consisting of a steak and a chicken breast, which was served every day at 5:00 p.m. sharp. The queen herself became a servant when she washed down the feast with sauce.
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The only creatures they really trust aren’t human.
In his book, Hoey suggests that the monarch preferred the company of animals to that of humans.
The royals “distrust almost everyone outside their own family, so the only creatures they really trust are not of the human species,” he said.
But not everyone at Buckingham Palace had the same enthusiasm. Prince Philip is said to have been averse to these waddling animals because they barked a lot, according to Hoey.
The queen raised dozens of corgis in life and some of them were a source of pain.
One of his favourites, Pharos, had to be euthanized after being violently attacked by his daughter Princess Anne’s English bull terrier Florence in 2003.
Threatened with extinction in 2014, when only 274 specimens were recorded, the race experienced a rebirth when years later the television producer Netflix portrayed them together with Elizabeth II in the successful series “The Crown”, which chronicles his reign.
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As a result, corgis were back in fashion.
Since the first season aired in 2017, corgi puppy registrations have risen steadily, nearly doubling between 2017 and 2020, according to the Kennel Club, Britain’s largest dog health organisation, which in 2018 achieved remove them from the list of dog breeds in danger of extinction.
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*With information from AFP
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