Queen Elizabeth II loved corgis so much that the royal palace's stores sold stuffed corgi toys.

At the time of her death on September 8, the queen is believed to have had four or five dogs: "two corgis named Mwik and Sandy, a dorji named Candy, and two cocker spaniels," as reported by Newsweek. As reported by Newsweek, "two corgis named Muick and Sandy, a druggie named Candy, and two cocker spaniels."

But now that she is gone, what will happen to the dogs that survived the reigns?

"Perhaps Andrew will take care of them, because Corgi and Dorgy are still young," royal biographer Ingrid Sward told Newsweek magazine.

However, royal writer Penny Juneau has another theory. She writes, "The care of the dogs has sometimes been entrusted to the footmen, but mostly to Angela Kelly, the queen's trusted dressmaker, assistant, and right-hand woman.

Read: It remains to be seen what will happen to the dogs.

But while the queen may have had a lasting affection for the corgi, not everyone in the royal family was a big fan of the pet. The late Prince Philip said, "It's a bloody dog. Why do you have so many of them?