Although Buckingham Palace refused comment, word went out in April 2018 that the last of the line of royal corgis, Willow, had died.
Willow was believed to be the 14th generation of royal corgis, beloved by Queen Elizabeth since she was gifted the corgi Susan on her 18th birthday.
The queen stopped breeding corgis in 2002, worrying that a young dog would be left behind after her death, according to the New York Times.
Originally bred as cattle herding dogs, the corgi's short legs made it a natural to weave in and out around cattle's hooves.
Queen Elizabeth once remarked that the dogs were small and happy in groups so "one can have quite a lot of them."
Meanwhile, Prince Harry has been much less flattering about the corgi domination of the family, saying he has spent 33 years being barked at.
