--- title: Queen Elizabeth II and Her Corgis Cover Vanity Fair description: In honor of her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth posed for the cover of Vanity Fair with her four corgi dogs. canonical: https://time.com/4352389/queen-elizabeth-vanity-fair-cover-corgis/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-31T16:28:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:49.647Z og:title: Queen Elizabeth's Corgis Are the Real Stars of Her Vanity Fair Cover og:description: Meet Holly, Willow, Vulcan, and Candy og:url: https://time.com/4352389/queen-elizabeth-vanity-fair-cover-corgis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Queen Elizabeth's Corgis Are the Real Stars of Her Vanity Fair Cover twitter:description: Meet Holly, Willow, Vulcan, and Candy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Meet the Real Stars of Queen Elizabeth II's _Vanity Fair_ Cover — Her Four Corgis > Sponsored content. 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The Queen requested that her canine companions be a part of the series of portraits shot for the magazine’s summer issue, which was lensed by [iconic fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz](http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,3335573001%5F1862545,00.html). Leibovitz told the magazine that the Queen was very involved with the creation of the images. “The most moving, important thing about this shoot is that these were all her ideas,” Leibovitz said. “She wanted to be photographed with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; her daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal; and her corgis.” Queen Elizabeth’s decision to pose with her corgis should come as no surprise; according to [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/05/queen-elizabeth-corgis), [she’s kept corgis for nearly eight decades](http://time.com/4024855/queen-elizabeth-longest-monarch/), which predates her relationship with her husband, Prince Phillip by nearly a decade. The royal family got their first corgi in 1933 when she was eight; the Queen has always had one since then. 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