Royals and Their Pets

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Dutch Royals & their dogs...

APELDOORN - Portrait of Queen Beatrix with her dog Chip, at the castle 't Oude Loo in Apeldoorn.
04.12.2005



TAVERNELLE - July 8th 2004, Willem-Alexander holds the dog Mac, one of the dogs of Queen Beatrix, during the summer holiday shoot in Tavernelle, Tuscany, Italy. He poses with Queen Beatrix and his wife Princess Maxima and their eldest daughter Princess Amalia.
08.07.2004




THE HAGUE - Queen Beatrix holds her dog Dushi, who licks the lips of Prince Claus, on September 5th 1999, in the garden of Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.
05.09.1999



THE HAGUE - Queen Beatrix received on wednesday from Prime-Minister Ruud Lubbers (r) the National Gift as gift book. In the foreground Queen Beatrix' dog Miss Pepper on the tapistery of the Palace Noordeinde. Around the Queen members of the Dutch Royalty organisations.
04.12.1991



THE HAGUE - Princess Beatrix as twelve year old girl, with her dog in her arms.
01.11.1950



BAARN - Friday night a few members of the Dutch Royal Family departed for the Wintersport Holidays to Lech. Here Princess Beatrix withher new dog, photographed at the trainstation of Baarn.
26.12.1975




PORTO ERCOLE - Princess Juliana with her dog N'Zara, in July 1984 in Italy.
10.07.1984



(source : UPPA)

[Her_Majesty]

Great pictures of the Dutch Royals! I like the picture of Beatrix, Claus and the dog!
Didn't Beatrix also have a Dalmatine called Boris in the 60's ?

[Fie]

Gosh, I'm very glad I found this topic! I want to get my own dog in a few years time, so I was kind of interested which dogs live at the royal castles. Breeds, names everything!

[LadyK]

ok, I know this thread is about dogs, but, at the risk of somebody chucking something at my head (hehehehe), I must ask, which, if any, of the royals have cats?

Actually, HM QEII loves corgis so much that she has actually "invented" or "created" a new breed of dogs, derived from her beloved corgis, which were bred with dachshunds. They are called dorgis. I also found on the UK Kennel club website, that HM also takes care of the dogs herself when she is at home-even preparing their food! (that made me smile-HM QEII mushing around dog food! Even funnier if you imagine her doing that in some of Granny's chips!!hehe)
Here is the article that I found- it's really interesting
https://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/k...ub/patron.html

[Mari_*]

Originally Posted by LaChicaMadrilena

Do you know if Felipe and Letizia have any pets (except of the dog they received while visiting Belearic Islands)?

I know that when Felipe moved out in 2002 he took his dog Pushkin with him but i don't know if Pushkin still lives.

[biboquinhas]

I think it is missing some pictures of Princess Mary of Denmark with Ziggy!

[azrayy]

princess haya:


from: mgaproduction.com

prince of dubai sheikh hamdan with his pet :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/5969/263095742/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55356128@N00/262281666/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/faza3oholic/124253406/

[biboquinhas]

For those who love animals and specialy dogs:
Here it is little Ziggy, Mary and Frederick's dog:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...M/b6575e9b.jpg

http://www.gouvernement.lu/pictures/...ne/pofam2.jpeg
A West highland white terrier for the Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and their children.

[crm2317]

Mary and Frederik's dog ziggy:

Ziggy in the official christmas card

Ziggy playing in the park

Ziggy at Lillepigen's presentation

[LaMinka]

Then crown princess Sonja with her dog Cherie, 1969:
Sonja & Cherie 1
Sonja & Cherie 2
Sonja & Cherie 3

King Olav had a dog named Sharme:
With grandchildren & Sharme

Crown Princess Märtha & Prince Harald with their little dog:
Playing with it

Two of the norwegian royal's dogs :
Playing with Sonja
Walking at Skaugum

Pictures from Scanpix

[Liz]

I'm just curious if anyone knows if there are any Royal cat lovers out there. I know Princess Michael loves cats but it seems like the rest of the British Royal family loves dogs.

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Moonmaiden23]

I know that Princess Michael of Kent is a cat lover and owns several beautiful ones.

[LadyFinn]

Nice photo of Queen Sofia and a cat:
Queen Sofia caresses a cat as King Juan Carlos looks on during a tour of the old city of Havana Monday November 15, 1999
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[Liz]

Very sweet photo, Lady Finn...thank you

[Quinto]

I think Prince Andrew likes cats. Or may be one particular cat. What's New *****cat?

[LadyFinn]

I love cats and it´s great to look photos of royals with cats. Here are some photos:
Princess Michael of Kent with cats
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Princess Haya of Jordan and a cat
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Princess Margrethe (now Queen) holding a cat 1965
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Prince Laurent of Belgium with a cat
Corbis

[sgl]

It is so wonderful to see these photos. I am a cat lover myself, and it is nice to see royals with cats. I love dogs too, but it seems rare to see photos of royals with cats. I wish that I had some photos to post.

[LadyFinn]

Crownprincess Victoria trained as a farmer for 10 days working at the farm Hoegaasa 2003. Lovely photos with a kitten:
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Victoria with a cat:
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Princess Michael with a cat 1985
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Princess Anne with a baby leopard in Kenya 1971
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A very old photo:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales, (who married Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863), pictured with a pet cat 1870
Getty

[iowabelle]

I don't think many royals, aside from Princess Michael, are admirers of cats. Then again, maybe it's easier to photograph royals with their dogs (and the cats stay home) so maybe my assumption is wrong.

I'd pity any cat who lived with Princess Anne or among the Queen's corgies.

[Next Star]

Ancient Eygptian royals actually worshiped cats they saw cats as a symbol of power.
It would be nicer if we could see more royals with cats.I think not many royals are intersted in having cats I think they are more interested in having dogs.