The Queen has been very fond of corgis since she was a small child,[REF] having fallen in love with the corgis owned by the children of the Marquess of Bath [REF].
Crackers (24 December 1939, Windsor - November, 1953) was one of the Queen Mother's corgis, and nearly a constant companion; he retired with the Queen Mother to the Castle of Mey in Scotland [REF].