Royal fans in tears as Queen’s loyal corgis wait for her coffin to arrive at Windsor Castle

Royal watchers who had remained stoic throughout the Queen’s funeral found themselves blubbering wrecks when the monarch’s corgis arrived.

The Queen's corgis, Muick and Sandy, inside Windsor Castle waiting for the committal service at St George's Chapel. (Photo by Glyn Kirk – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Royal fans have been brought to tears as the Queen’s loyal corgis waited at Windsor Castle for her coffin to arrive.

The late monarch’s coffin has been laid to rest at Windsor with her beloved husband Prince Philip, following her funeral at Westminster Abbey today.

Hundreds of mourners lined Windsor’s Long Walk for the poignant procession, with many throwing flowers to the hearse.

But waiting at the estate were her two beloved corgis Muick and Sandy.

At one point Prince Andrew went over to the couriers chaperoning the dogs to inquiring how they were.

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The Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, inside Windsor Castle waiting for the hearse to pass by. Picture: Glyn Kirk – WPA Pool/Getty Images

Pictures of the adorable pups standing patiently for Her Majesty’s coffin to arrive left emotional royal fans reaching for the tissues.

One person wrote on Twitter: “OMG my heart.”

Another said: “Oh bless.”

A third commented: “Why has this put a lump in my throat?”

And a fourth added: “This has destroyed me.”

So sweet. Queen Elizabeth's corgis at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. #QueenElizabethII#QueensFuneral#Corgispic.twitter.com/3ZGkKaRO2G

— Rio (@Linnabanksy) September 19, 2022

Oh god. Seeing the corgis just destroyed me. The poor things don’t understand what happened to their Mum.

— David Simpson (@DavidTSimpson) September 19, 2022

I was fine today until I saw the corgis

— Lil' BazTastic (@BazTastic77) September 19, 2022

A lifelong horse lover, the Queen’s favourite mare Emma also joined staff waiting outside Windsor Castle to receive the hearse.

Over her lifetime the late monarch owned more than 30 corgis, with each one descended from her first, Susan, an 18th birthday present from her father, George VI.

They became synonymous with her 70-year reign and frequently featured in portraits, official photographs, coins and on bone china.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, enquires how the corgis are as they wait for the hearse to pass by. Picture: Peter Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images

The Queen was even credited with introducing the dorgi after a brief – and entirely unexpected – encounter between her corgi Tiny and Princess Margaret’s dachshund Pipkin.

Her Majesty suffered heartache with the death of her oldest dorgi shortly before she passed away aged 96 on September 8.

Her dorgi Candy died soon after she arrived in the Scottish Highlands at the beginning of summer.

The Queen was reportedly “distraught” at the loss of Candy, who was 18 years old and remained by her side in Balmoral for her final visit before her death on September 8, aged 96.

In February, as Her Majesty marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Candy trotted into the Oak Room at Windsor Castle to join her.

Following her passing, the Queen’s two surviving corgis have been left to Prince Andrew, The Sun revealed.

Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle with one of her corgis in 1952.

Queen Elizabeth II stroking Candy as she looks at a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees. Picture: Steve Parsons/AFP

A source revealed the shamed Duke of York would now take in the Muick and Sandy at his 30-bedroom Royal Lodge home in Windsor.

Muick, pronounced Mick, is named after Loch Muick on the Balmoral estate.

The insider added: “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.”

Prince William this week reassured a grieving royal fan in London as they were concerned about what would happen to the Queen’s corgis.

Emma, the monarch’s fell pony, stands as the Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Windsor Castle. Picture: Andrew Matthews – WPA Pool/Getty Images

The newly appointed Prince and Princess of Wales shook hands with fans and spoke to mourners who were queuing to see the Queen lying-in-state.

In the sweet footage, the father-of-three shook hands with a blonde woman on the other side of the barrier.

The royal fan asked Prince William how the dogs were doing as she was concerned that they would be very upset after their owner’s passing.

Still clasping her hand Prince William reassured her: “I saw them the other day. They’re being looked after fine, they’re two very friendly corgis.”

He then joked that they were being looked after so well that they were perhaps being spoiled.

This story originally appeared in The Sun and is reproduced with permission

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