{"id":1872,"date":"2003-12-25T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2003-12-25T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/12\/25\/princesss-pooch-eats-queens-corgi\/"},"modified":"2003-12-25T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2003-12-25T16:45:44","slug":"princesss-pooch-eats-queens-corgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/25\/princesss-pooch-eats-queens-corgi\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess&#8217;s Pooch Eats Queen&#8217;s Corgi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2124'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/corgiand.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"134\"><\/p>\n<p><i>The holiday spirit was dampened and Christmas dinner ruined at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/24#a2111\">Buckingham Palace<\/a> by a combination dog fignt \/ cat fight involving The Queen of England, her daughter Princess Anne, a bull terrier named Dottie and the Queen&#8217;s favorite Corgi, name of Pharos. Note the gratuitous use of Latin.  American papers should do more of that, lends a note of class to a tawdry genre&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n        THE Queen was last night heartbroken over the death of her beloved corgi<br \/>\n          Pharos,  savaged by Princess Anne&#8217;s danger dog Dottie.<\/p>\n<p>        The lethal attack by the English bull terrier was the last straw for<br \/>\n        Her Majesty at the end of another &quot;annus horribilis&quot;<br \/>\n        .<\/p>\n<p>        It happened on Monday afternoon as the Royal Family gathered for Christmas<br \/>\n        at Sandringham in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>        Anne arrived with Dottie &#8211; the dog that mauled two children last year,<br \/>\n        leading to the prosecution of the princess and her other bull terrier<br \/>\n        Eglantyne.  Princess Anne is said to be distraught at incident.<\/p>\n<p>        As the door was opened by a servant, the Queen&#8217;s corgis raced down the<br \/>\n        main staircase to greet Anne.<br \/>\n        But Dottie went for Pharos &#8211; the Queen&#8217;s oldest corgi &#8211; savaging its<br \/>\n        hind legs and breaking one in three places.<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/annedog.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\">Growls and yelps were heard through the corridors as the attack went<br \/>\n        on. The Queen, who is recovering from a knee operation, heard the commotion<br \/>\n        and hobbled downstairs. But Pharos &#8211; for whom she had already made up<br \/>\n        a Christmas stocking packed with treats like doggy doughnuts and chocolate<br \/>\n        drops &#8211; was terribly injured.<\/p>\n<p>        He was treated by Royal vets and kept in intensive care but had to be<br \/>\n        put down yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>        A Royal insider said the 77-year-old Queen, who has had Pharos for more<br \/>\n        than a decade, was &quot;absolutely devastated&quot;<\/p>\n<p>SIDEBAR:<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#990000\" size=\"+1\">Dogs so like their owners<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>        By MEL HUNTER<\/p>\n<p>        PSYCHOLOGIST Dr Glenn Wilson claimed that pets can reflect the personality<br \/>\n        of the owner.He said: &quot;To some degree you do choose a pet which connects<br \/>\n        with your personality.<\/p>\n<p>        &quot;For example, a psychopath might go for a rottweiler. That may be a stereotype<br \/>\n        but I am sure there is some truth in it.<\/p>\n<p>        &quot;A timid-minded person is far more likely to go for a kitten than a big<br \/>\n        dog.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>        Dr Wilson, of the University of London, said a dog could almost be a<br \/>\n        substitute child. He went on: &quot;Just like a naughty child, you can&#8217;t just<br \/>\n        let a dog go because it is badly behaved. In fact, naughtiness is somehow<br \/>\n        endearing.<\/p>\n<p>        &quot;The connection between royals and their pets may be even stronger because<br \/>\n        the animals can&#8217;t answer back &quot; and they don&#8217;t tell tales.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>        Top pet shrink Dr Roger Mugford said: &quot;Bull terriers are not a breed<br \/>\n        known to be aggressive to humans but if you have one that&#8217;s bad it will<br \/>\n        hit the headlines.Fights can start if one dog looks at another the wrong<br \/>\n        way, just like with humans. All dogs enjoy fighting but bull terriers<br \/>\n      are good at it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/article\/0,,2-2003591433,00.html\">the<br \/>\n    Sun<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday spirit was dampened and Christmas dinner ruined at Buckingham Palace by a combination dog fignt \/ cat fight involving The Queen of England, her daughter Princess Anne, a bull terrier named Dottie and the Queen&#8217;s favorite Corgi, name &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/25\/princesss-pooch-eats-queens-corgi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}