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Photo Diary: Queen Elizabeth's Longtime Love Affair With Corgis

By: Kayla Kitts

In 1933, Princess Elizabeth's parents brought home the royal family's first corgi. Eleven years later, in 1944, Princess Elizabeth received her own corgi companion, Susan. Since then, she has loved and cared for at least 14 generations of pups descended from Susan. Take a look at more than 75 years of love between a queen and her royal canines.

Princess Elizabeth in the grounds of her London home, 145 Piccadilly, with her pet corgis Jane and Dookie.

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Princess Elizabeth and her corgis, Dookie and Jane, play at her childhood home in London.

Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II, right) and her younger sister Princess Margaret Rose (1930 - 2002) knitting for the forces in the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, April 1940.

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Princess Elizabeth (right) and younger sister Princess Margaret Rose knit for the forces in the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.

Princess Margaret (1930-2002, left) and Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a desk with books while a corgi lays on the floor before them at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Great Britain, 22 June 1940.

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Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (right) study with a sleeping corgi at Windsor Castle.

Princess Margaret (1930-2002, left) and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) pictured reading, while a corgi peers out of a window at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Great Britain, 22 June 1940.

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Princess Elizabeth (right) reads to Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle.

Photo Diary: Queen Elizabeth's Longtime Love Affair With Corgis

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