Pets By Royal Appointment: The Royal Family and Their Animals

by Brain Hoey

Overview

The royal family say they can do without many things, but not their animals. With intimate anecdotes and fascinating detail, royal expert Brian Hoey describes the mini palaces provided for the Queen’s pampered corgis; Princess Anne’s badly behaved bull terriers; the regal passion for horses, and the pigeon awarded a military medal for its efforts in the Second World War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785905100
Publisher:	Biteback Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 5.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brian Hoey has been a writer and broadcaster for over forty years and was one of BBC television’s first newscasters. He secured the first ever TV interview with the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, and has subsequently covered many royal events over the years, including the weddings of Charles and Diana in 1981 and Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1986. He was also a commentator at Princess Diana’s funeral. Hoey has written more than twenty-five books, many of them about the British royal family. He is the official biographer of Princess Anne.

Read an Excerpt

How many palace staff does it take to serve the corgis’ daily meal?

How did a crocodile end up in private secretary Sir Martin Charteris’s bathtub?

Which animal vociferously guarded Queen Victoria’s gloves?

Does the Queen actually have a secret recipe for gravy?

How many pigeons are housed at the royal loft at Sandringham?

Which royal donated their child’s favourite pig to a local raffle?

How does the Queen use a magnet to look after her Corgis?

Which breed of dog did the Duke of Windsor prefer to embroider onto his cushions?

Which amphibian filled the 5th Earl of Pembroke with horror?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Prologue ix

1. Princesses and their Pets 1

2. Family Favourites 13

3. Rewards for Royalty 41

4. Corgis Rule OK? 53

5. The Corgi Dynasty 69

6. All the Queen’s Horses 87

7. The Sport of Queens 121

8. Polo for Princes 143

9. Anyone for Hunting? 153

10. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 161

11. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra 181

12. King George V and Queen Mary 199

13. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor 209

14. Royal Working Dogs 219

16. Bereavement 249

17. Feathered Friends 263

Epilogue 273

Appendices 279

Select Bibliography 299

Appendices as follows:

Appendix I: Royal Animal Patronages.

Appendix 2: List of Pembrokeshire corgis originally owned by the Queen and registered with the Kennel club.

Appendix 3: List of retrievers (Labradors) originally owned by the Queen and registered with the Kennel Club.

Appendix 4: List of English spaniels owned by the Queen and bred at Sandringham kennels.

Editorial Reviews

This is a book about a very British family besotted with all creatures great and small.” - Majesty Magazine Book of the Month

“Brian Hoey’s long familiarity with the lives of the royal family lends his chronicle intimacy.” - The Good Book Guide

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