London — Queen Elizabeth II's love for canines has taken center-stage as Britain celebrates her 70 years on the throne. Royalty is revered in Britain, and as CBS Information correspondent Ian Lee stories, that is helped make the corgi the nation's high canine.
"I believed it was solely proper to go along with fairly a regal identify for him," corgi lover Charlotte Osten mentioned of her pooch. "Therefore, he's known as George."
The regal pedigree was getting pampered at a London café forward of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
"I really like the jubilee. I really like the queen, and I really like that the queen's obtained corgis," Francesca Shortall, one other corgi mother on the café informed CBS Information.
The 96-year-old monarch grew up with the stubby-legged canines, and he or she's owned greater than 30 of them to date. The one drama they've delivered to the palace throughout her reign was some nipping of visitors.
It ought to come as little shock, given their particular place within the queen's coronary heart, that the breed will likely be showcased throughout this week's four-day nationwide Platinum Jubilee vacation.
"One of many issues we'll see within the pageant on Sunday is a mirrored image of her love for animals, horses, for her corgis," Roya Nikkhah, royal correspondent for the U.Okay.'s Sunday Instances newspaper, informed CBS Information.
Many of the queen's royal line of corgis are all direct descendants from her first canine, Susan.
"It is nice. I really feel proud to be British," mentioned one other non-royal corgi lover on the café.
Sir Paul McCartney and best-selling creator Tina Brown mirror on Queen Elizabeth's unprecedented reign in "Her Majesty The Queen: A Gayle King Particular."