The English cocker spaniel spaniel is an outlier in the Queen ’s favourite chronicle .
Queen Elizabeth II has reversed course on a yearslong , self - imposed banon new royal dog , welcoming another furry friend into the Royal base . In a surprising move , however , the pouf — most excellently associated withcorgisanddorgis — haspicked a cocker spanielas her newest good friend .
The 4 - twelvemonth - oldcockeris list under thepedigree name Wolferton Drama , but to Her Majesty , the little Canis familiaris is known merely as Lissy , which is a diminutive version of Elizabeth . Not only is Lissy a tenuity for the Queen due to her breed , but on Jan. 4 the red - and - white whelp was crowned winner at theKennel Club Cocker Spaniel Championship , giving the Queen her first genius .
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Queen Elizabeth has long been a buff of hotdog , having owned at least one Pembroke Welsh Welsh corgi at any given time between 1933 and 2018 . She’sowned an approximate 30 of the dogsover her long life . All of them were said to be descendants of her original Welsh corgi , Susan , who was given to the Queen as an eighteenth birthday endowment . She receivedFergus and Muick — not relatives of Susan — last March .
Fergus died suddenly in March , and the world project the Queen ’s rest animate being would be her last , but Lissy has show once again that true pet lovers ca n’t everreallystop eff pets .
Meet the Cocker Spaniel
Height : 14–15 in
weight unit : 20–30 pound
Lifespan : 10–15 age
Best quality : patriotic , intelligent , highly trainable , dusty weather tolerant .