Ex-Prince Andrew Won’t Give Up Queen Elizabeth’s Corgis, Says It ‘Proves’ Late Royal ‘Trusted Him’ (Exclusive)

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife, Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, may be personas non grata in royal circles these days, but they’ve still got the privilege of caring for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved pet corgis — a responsibility, sources say, they plan to use to their advantage when it comes to dealing with their estranged relatives.

“Andrew is clinging to anything he has left and the corgis are at the top of that list. They were the queen’s most beloved pets and he takes a lot pride in that,” a source tells Examiner. “Of course, there are plenty of royals who think it is wrong [that] Andrew and Sarah are the custodians of Her Majesty’s dogs, but Andrew is adamant that the queen made her wishes clear.”

Buckingham Palace issued a statement on Friday, October 31, confirming as much. Muick and Sandy — the two corgis inherited by the former Duke and Duchess of York following the queen’s death in 2022 — are to remain with the family, even though Mountbatten-Windsor, 65, was officially stripped of his royal titles and forced to move out of the Royal Lodge over his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The ex-prince, who vehemently denies any wrongdoing, has no plans to relinquish the dogs, either. “He keeps repeating that [the queen] handed him the collars and leashes herself, and that it proves how much she trusted him,” the source notes. “He even uses it as proof that his mother would be horrified by the way he is being treated now.”