Badly-behaving corgis and dinky dorgis: Queen Elizabeth II's dynasty of dogs

She got her first corgi at 18 and they were an almost-constant presence in her long life

The Queen, sitting on a grassy bank with the corgis, at Virginia Water to watch competitors in the marathon of the European Driving Championship (PA)

The snappy little dogs had a penchant for nipping servants’ ankles, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was devoted to her corgis.

Her first, Susan, was given to her as an 18th birthday present by her parents in 1944.