Andrew Windsor refuses handy again late-Queen’s Corgis as they ‘confirmed she trusted me’
The decision stands despite the fact that Windsor was stripped of his royal titles following scrutiny of his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is refusing to hand back the late Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis, insisting that keeping the beloved pets proves the trust his mother placed in him, according to royal insiders.
Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have become widely sidelined within the royal fold, yet they retain one prized responsibility: caring for Muick and Sandy, the two corgis inherited after the Queen’s death in 2022. Sources say the pair are determined to hold on to this role, seeing it as one of the few meaningful connections they still have to the late monarch.
“Andrew is clinging to anything he has left and the corgis are at the top of that list. They were the queen’s most beloved pets and he takes a lot pride in that,” a source told Examiner.
“Of course, there are plenty of royals who think it is wrong [that] Andrew and Sarah are the custodians of Her Majesty’s dogs, but Andrew is adamant that the queen made her wishes clear.”
Buckingham Palace confirmed in late October that Muick and Sandy will remain with the family.
The decision stands despite the fact that Mountbatten-Windsor, 65, was stripped of his royal titles and required to leave the Royal Lodge following scrutiny of his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
The disgraced royal has made it clear that he has no intention of giving up the dogs.
“He keeps repeating that [the queen] handed him the collars and leashes herself, and that it proves how much she trusted him,” the source said.
“He even uses it as proof that his mother would be horrified by the way he is being treated now.”
Muick and Sandy, the last of the Queen’s famous line of corgis, have been living with Andrew since 2022.
Like all royal dogs, they continue to receive the finest care, including bespoke meals prepared in the same tradition upheld during the Queen’s reign.
Former royal chef Darren McGrady once revealed that each dog had its own menu, carefully curated and sent to the kitchens monthly by Mrs Fenncick, who oversaw the canines at Sandringham.
Queen Elizabeth’s love of corgis became one of the defining features of her public image. Since ascending the throne in 1952, she owned more than 30 of them.
At various points she kept up to ten, and at the time of her death she also had one Dorgi, a dachshund and corgi cross named Candy.
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