Queen Elizabeth Unable to Walk Her Beloved Corgis Due to Frailty

Queen Elizabeth II, known for her love of corgis since childhood, has owned over 30 corgis in her lifetime.

However, due to her frailty, the 95-year-old monarch has been unable to take them for walks for the past six months and may never be able to do so again.

According to sources from the Royal Aids, the Queen has not been able to take her dogs out since spending a night in the hospital last October for preliminary tests.

This was her first overnight stay in the hospital in eight years and sparked concerns over her health as she scaled back her public duties.

A month later, the Queen had to drop out of the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph after spraining her back.

Currently, her two corgis and a dorgy, which is a crossbreed between a dachshund and a corgi, are taken for their daily exercise at Windsor Castle by the Queen's aides.

A senior Royal source told The Sun, “She is not well enough.

They are an enormous source of solace, so it's a real shame.”

The Queen usually turns to her beloved corgis in times of crisis and stress and took them out almost every day after her husband, Prince Philip, fell ill and then passed away last year.

In October last year, the Queen was also said to be extremely disappointed as she gave up horse riding following her health scare.

She has also given up alcohol, as advised by doctors, having previously drunk a gin every lunchtime and a martini in the evening.

Buckingham Palace is often tight-lipped about the Queen's health, but last month the monarch herself gave a hint of her current condition.

During an in-person meeting with military leaders, while leaning on a cane and trying to walk, she said, “Yes, as you can see, I can't move.”

The Queen also tested positive for Covid-19 on February 20th, and Buckingham Palace said at the time she was experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.

She has only returned to something approaching normal working practices just before contracting the virus.

Yesterday, it was announced that she was pulling out of a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday, asking her son Prince Charles to take her place, Buckingham Palace said.

The decision is not linked to any illness but is related to the Queen's comfort in getting to and from the service.

A Palace spokesman said, “The Queen has asked the Prince of Wales to represent Her Majesty at the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey.”

The service would have been the Queen's first major public appearance since reaching her Platinum Jubilee milestone, and the first Commonwealth Day service held in full since 2020.

Editor-in-chief of Her Majesty magazine Ingrid Stewart said she believed the Queen would be determined to make the Thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey dedicated to her late husband Prince Philip on March 29.

Stewart said it would have been a huge wrench to miss the Commonwealth Day service, but she is facing a dilemma these days where she must choose her engagements wisely.

“She will be very determined to make the Duke of Edinburgh's Thanksgiving service later this month, which will be of incredible importance to her considering his funeral was so scaled back.

Her Majesty, I believe, is very like her mother, who was reluctant to use a wheelchair, so in her advancing years, it's about protecting yourself as much as possible, ready for the big occasions,” Stewart added.