--- title: Queen Elizabeth's Last Corgi Willow Died and People Are Sad description: Queen Elizabeth's last corgi dog, Willow, has died – marking the end of an era for the British royal. canonical: https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-18T12:22:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:15.979Z og:title: The Queen's Last Corgi Is Dead and the Internet Is Inconsolable og:description: It marks the end of a tradition that went on for eight decades og:url: https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74580168d180d8af/69885ae00a4a22bd859c5259/466594748.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-ROYALS-ANIMALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Queen's Last Corgi Is Dead and the Internet Is Inconsolable twitter:description: It marks the end of a tradition that went on for eight decades twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74580168d180d8af/69885ae00a4a22bd859c5259/466594748.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Queen's Last Royal Corgi Died, But Please Try to Keep Calm and Carry On > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 18, 2018 12:22 PM UTC  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks at a Corgi dog as British television presenter Paul O'Grady looks on during a visit to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London on March 17, 2015 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks at a Corgi dog as British television presenter Paul O'Grady looks on during a visit to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London on March 17, 2015 Ben Stansall—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 18, 2018 12:22 PM UTC Queen Elizabeth lost the last of her [beloved corgi dogs](http://time.com/money/4026410/queen-elizabeth-ii-monarch-corgis/) this weekend. Willow, who was nearly 15 years old, was put down after a lengthy struggle with cancer, according to [reports in the U.K. press](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5627361/Queen-hit-extremely-hard-death-corgi-devoted-companion-Willow.html). This marks the end of the monarch’s longstanding tradition – the first time Her Majesty hasn’t had a corgi in her household since World War II. The Queen, 91, is well known for her love of corgis and has bred them for nearly eight decades. The Queen and her canine companions feature prominently Netflix’s buzzy show [_The Crown_](http://time.com/4554726/corgi-the-crown-red-carpet/). Monty Roberts, a former royal family advisor told [_Vanity Fair_](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/07/queen-elizabeth-corgis-a-history) she didn’t want to have any more [young dogs after 2012](http://time.com/3958346/england-corgis-the-queen-royal-family-british-monarchy/) because she didn’t want to “leave any behind.” Before celebrity dogs of Instagram were earning more money than humans, Willow was world-famous. You may have spotted the dog alongside Holly, another one of the Queen’s corgis, in the opening sketch at the 2012 London Olympic Games with a slightly more famous Brit – James Bond. Willow also was part of the Queen’s official 90th birthday portrait in 2016\. The palace has not yet commented. Many people took to social media to mourn the loss. > [](https://twitter.com/Rocco%5FFNC/status/986571180793573376) > [](https://twitter.com/xjaninewongx/status/986404361340321794) > [](https://twitter.com/katiesroyallove/status/986401781520347137) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/"},"headline":"The Queen's Last Royal Corgi Died, But Please Try to Keep Calm and Carry On","datePublished":"2018-04-18T12:22:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:15.979Z","description":"Queen Elizabeth's last corgi dog, Willow, has died – marking the end of an era for the British royal.","url":"https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74580168d180d8af/69885ae00a4a22bd859c5259/466594748.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74580168d180d8af/69885ae00a4a22bd859c5259/466594748.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-ROYALS-ANIMALS","caption":"BRITAIN-ROYALS-ANIMALS","creditText":"Ben Stansall—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5244572/queen-elizabeth-last-corgi-dog-willow-died/","name":"The Queen's Last Royal Corgi Died, But Please Try to Keep Calm and Carry On"}}]}] ```