Queen Elizabeth must now mourn the death of the new puppy that was meant to help her cope with the death of her late husband Prince Philip.
The monarch adopted two dorgis—a cross between a corgi and a dachshund—in February, shortly after her husband was taken to the hospital, naming one Fergus after her WWI veteran uncle and the second Muick, pronounced Mick, after one of her favorite places, Lock Muick at Balmoral Castle, her estate in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was thought that the Queen had given up getting new dogs after her corgi Vulcan died in October of last year; however, her son Prince Andrew gifted her these two puppies to keep her company after Philip fell ill. But over the weekend, it seems that Fergus, who was around five months old, died suddenly. A Windsor Castle insider told The Sun, “The Queen is absolutely devastated. The puppies were brought in to cheer her up during a very difficult period. Everyone concerned is upset as this comes so soon after she lost her husband. On top of that there’s been the problems with her grandson, Harry.”
And it looks like those issues with Harry won’t be settled anytime soon either. Another source confided to Us Weekly that following the Duke of Sussex’s appearance on Dax Shepard’s podcast, Armchair Expert, the royal family is once again upset by how they’re being portrayed in the press. “The queen is unimpressed with Harry’s latest interview and found it hurtful. It hasn’t done their relationship any favors,” they said, adding that Prince Charles and Prince William are “livid too” over the podcast conversation and wish Harry would “discuss” his “opinions” in private. The specific source of their ire is apparently Harry saying that growing up as a member of the royal family is like “a mix between The Truman Show and living in a zoo. The biggest issue for me was that, being born into it, you inherit the risk. You inherit every element of it without a choice. And because of the way the UK media are, they feel an ownership over you.”
Harry’s latest interview “definitely hasn’t helped with healing the rift,” the insider continued. The family no longer wants to “engage” with his statements. “They feel it was thoughtless and irresponsible of Harry to once again shade The Firm so soon after Prince Philip’s death, while the queen is still mourning the death of her husband.” But while the rest of the family may be furious with the former senior royal, a second source added that the queen “still has a soft spot for Harry.”
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