Princess' dog kills queen's corgi

[Cooley Hurd]

Princess' dog kills queen's corgi

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LONDON, England (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II was mourning the death of one of her beloved corgis, mauled by a terrier belonging to her daughter Princess Anne, a British newspaper reported.

The Sun tabloid on Wednesday said Pharos the corgi was injured in an altercation with bull terrier Dotty at the royal family's Sandringham estate on Monday. The corgi was treated by royal vets for leg injuries but had to be put down, the newspaper said.
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Dotty has been in trouble before. In April 2002 she bit two children, aged 7 and 12, as they walked in Windsor Great Park near Windsor Castle.

Princess Anne was fined £500 (U.S.$880) -- the first time in the modern age that a senior member of the British royal family had been convicted of a criminal offense.
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Princess Anne with her Bull Terriers

[OldSoldier]

1. This has been a bad year for the Queen

First our unelected fraud rips up the thousand-year-old gardens at the Palace, and now one of her corgis has been killed.

The American equivalent would be someone plowing up the White House Rose Garden then killing one of the pandas in the National Zoo.

Tis a sad year in Britain.

[Benhurst]

10. I think the gardens are more like two-hundred-years old.

Buckingham House (1705) was built by a descendant of the first Duke of Buckingham, a lover of James I.

It was purchased purchased for a royal residence by George III in 1762 for his wife, Queen Charlotte.

At the beginning of the Nineteenth Century Buckingham House was converted into a royal palace. At that time, Buckingham Palace was more than doubled in size and the modern gardens were laid out.

It's still a shame Dubya & Company trashed the gardens.

[xchrom]

2. that's a bad picture

of princess anne.
so sad to lose a dog - especially in circumstances like that -- sad for all.

[leftchick]

3. you are right, bad photo....

are butt shots of royalty allowed?

[xchrom]

5. i'm so glad you said that!

[GCP]

4. The bloody thing should be put down

It's already attacked 2 kids and she got away with it, just because she's a Royal, no doubt.

[rjbcar27]

6. How is being convicted and fined 'getting away with it?'

[It was not a pretzel]

7. because if it was anyone else

the dog would be biting kids and other dogs in dog heaven after the first attack.

[AP]

8. Actually, I think in the UK it's a fine for the first offense, and death

for second offense.

I could be wrong.

I think she WAS treated just like everyone else. I bet if the Tories were running the show she wouldn't even have been charged.

[AngryAmish]

9. Dotty is one mean bitch

Thank you, I'll be here all weekend. Tip your bartenders.

[lumpy]

16. I've read the same thing about Dottie's

owner.

[Torgo Johnson]

11. We misunderstood Dubya...

When he said to be prepared for a "terra" attack, he meant terrier, not terror.


P.S I hope I am not tempting fate here by making jokes about the alert level increase, which for all I know could be accurate for once.

[peekaloo]

12. Those crazy Royals. First the stories of Charles' cock fights

and now this! }(

[Rowdyboy]

13. Someone has to comment on that naughty, naughty

remark about Charles and his "cock fights" but its not going to be me! I don't want to get in bad with the next Que..., er, King of England.

[davidinalameda]

15. cock fights with the butler?

:bounce:

[VolcanoJen]

30. Such a naughty bit!! LMAO

:D :D :D

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

17. Splutter!! Best line ever!

Thx for a well-needed laugh!

[davidinalameda]

14. off with her head

bet Liz is pissed that she doesn't have the same powers that good old Henry had

she loves those dogs more than her own kids, and looking at her kids, who can blame her!

[pinto]

25. face lift might work....n/t

[missile_bender]

18. Bull terriers? Leave it to royalty

to have fascist dogs.

[maxsolomon]

19. bull terriers are NOT PIT BULL TERRIERS

nor are they staffordshire bull terriers.

but they are dumb as rocks.

if you have one, i'm sorry; every single bull terrier i've met has been retarded.

[freethought23]

20. Didn't some beer ad use one of these creatures as a trademark?

Inquiring mind....

[maxsolomon]

26. spuds mckenzie

that was a bull terrier. the white ones are even dumber.

once again, a BULL terrier is NOT a STAFFORDSHIRE BULL terrier. staffies (not amstaffs) are damn cute & smart & not really that big. but like a gun, they only belong in responsible hands.

[lumpy]

21. Inbreeding has been a bad thing for Staffordshire

terriers as well as royalty.

[MisterP]

23. none of the three breeds are fascist

I've never seen the pittie next door goose-step, although he knocks over potted plants.

[pscot]

24. I beg to differ

I had an American Staffordshire and he was the smartet dog I've ever known. He could talk and climb trees too.

[amber dog democrat]

22. Sorry about the Queen's dog

i'm sure the bull terries meant well. It was all probably just an unfortunate misunderstanding, I'm sure.

One more chance?

[Demonaut]

27. Probably still smelled of Shrub...terriers dont like monkeys

poor thing.

[Piperay]

28. Sad

I know the Queen loves her dogs, I know I love mine and that it hurts to lose them. :-(

[cliss]

29. Wow, that is terrible.

I've read the Queen loves her Corgis much more than she did her children. She's doted and cuddled with them for years. Yikes. Well, just call it Karma came a 'knocking. Life as a billionaire just isn't what it should be, Elizabeth.

I wonder if this will cause problems between mother and daughter?