Corgis are abdicating the bone at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth, a longtime Corgi connoisseur, will no longer add more dogs to her ever-present pack. At age 88, the Queen worries that the dogs could become a tripping a dangerous hazard.
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"Her main fear is that if she fell and broke her arm or even a leg she would not be able to perform her duties for many weeks if not months, and that would upset her greatly," a senior courtier tells the Daily Express.
She still owns two older Corgis, Willow and Holly, whose slow speed better matches the Queen's pace.
The Queen's love for the stocky breed began in childhood. Since taking the throne in 1952, she has owned more than 30 of the dogs. The crown coin issued for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 even featured a corgi.
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