London's Platinum Jubilee Corgi Trail and Photo Competition
The Corgi trail is a lovely outing to do with children these school holidays. The nice thing is you can break it up with tea and lunch breaks as you go because there are plenty of eateries around. Lots of parks too.
The trail begins in Belgravia and ends at The Strand. Good luck finding all 19. Victoria Bid and The Conrad hotel have a photo competition you can enter as well. The prize is one night's stay with breakfast, and Royal Afternoon Tea for 2 at the Conrad London St James hotel just by sharing your favourite photo's. Details at the end of the post.
1. HONEY - Elizabeth Street, Belgravia
Corgi: Honey
The year after Prince Charles was born, Susan gave birth to Honey and Sugar (see below). Honey became a companion to The Queen Mother. She was known to be a feisty thing nipping at a trouse leg or two.
Artist: Olivia Brotheridge
A London-based illustrator who specialises in maps. She also created the map for this trail. (You can find it here.)
Location: corner of Elizabeth Street and Ebury Mews
2. HOLLY - Eccelston Yards
Corgi: HollyArtist: Holly Holder
A London-based, multidisciplinary artist who draws inspiration from naturally occurring patterns and thermal imagery.
Location: Eccelston Yards. It's right in the middle of the yard so not difficult to find this one.
3. DOOKIE - Victoria Station
Corgi: Dookie, named after the very first Corgi given to Elizabeth and Margret by their father, King George VI and is one of the most famous corgis. He refused to eat from the same bowls and his brothers and sisters so the family began to call him "The Duke", which became Dookie. You can read more here in this Vanity Fair Article.
Artist: Kirsty Langston and Brittany Abbott-Trangmar
Friends since primary school, they share many common interests including design. They have several murals across London.
Location: Inside Victoria Station in front of the Information desk.
4. Heather - Lower Grosvenor Gardens
Corgi: Heather
Artist: Olivia Clarke
Location: Lower Grosvenor Gardens. This one is pretty easy to spot. My tip is that the gardens do not open until 10am so you'll need to plan accordingly.
5. Sugar - Nova
Corgi: Sugar
Artist: Soul'D
Location: Nova
6. Susan - The Piazza at Westminster Cathedral
Corgi: Susan
Named after the Pembroke Corgi Queen Elizabeth II received for her 18th Birthday from King George Vi and the Queen Mother. She was originally known as Sue and was red and white in colouring just like Jane and Dookie. Apparently, the Queen adored her so much, she snuck Susan onto her honeymoon much to the dismay Prince Phillip.There have been fourteen generations of Corgi descended from Susan.
Artist: Miya Tsuruda-Behan
Location: The Piazza Westminster Cathedral
7. Willow - Cardinal Place, Victoria
Corgi: Willow starred along with Monty and Holly in the James Bonds sketch for the Olympics. You can see the video here on Youtube.
The Queen was quite upset when Willow died because she was the last generation descended from Susan and connection to her parents. She is buried at Windsor Castle.
Artist: Hannah Sykes (HannDrawn) is a London-based former fashion designer turned illustrator, artist and calligrapher.
Location: Cardinal Place right outside M&S and the water fountain.
8. Muick - St James Court, A Taj Hotel
Corgi: Muick
Named after Queen Elizabeth's favourite place in Balmoral, Loch Muick, Muick and Fergus were gifted to the Queen by Prince Andrew and his daughter's in 2021.
Artist: Lisa Todd
Location: St James Court, A Taj Hotel. Go down the lane beside the hotel and enter the beautiful courtyard garden. They serve refreshments here so this could be a nice place to stop.
9. Fergus - The Guard's Museum
Corgi: Fergus
Artist: Alice Greenacre
Alice is a 20 year old student who's first love is the theatre. She is currently studying scenic painting at the Royal School of Speach and Drama.
Location: The Guard's Museum. Opens at 10am. You can try to time it with the military band which plays in the courtyard next door.
10. Carol - Buckingham Green
Corgi: Carol
Carol was given her name after she was born on Christmas Eve.
Artist: Jurga Amehome
Location: Brewer's Green. Buckingham Green
11. Tiny - Christchurch Gardens
Corgi: Tiny was from a new litter from Sussex. Tiny had a love affair with Margaret's dachshund Pipkin and a litter of "Dorgis" was born.
Artist: Alex Cullen
Location: Christchurch Gardens
12. Sherry - St Ermin's Hotel
Corgi: Sherry
Both Sherry and Whisky (below) were given to Prince Charles and Princess Anne for Christmas presents.
Artist: Dominica Kark
Location: St Ermin's Hotel
Walk into the grounds of the hotel and up onto the verandah. The Corgi is in the far right corner.
13. Whisky - Conrad Hotel
Corgi: Whisky
Artist: Aka Skiba
Location: Conrad London St James
Go into the hotel and Whisky is on the left
14. Jane - Queen Elizabeth II Centre
Corgi: Jane
Jane was chosen to be a girlfriend for Dookie but in the end, they were destined to be just friends. Never mind Jane, that's the story of my life!!
Like Crackers, Jane went with Elizabeth and Margaret to Windsor Castle during the second world war.
Artist: Rowana Mallett
Location: The little green park space in front of Queen Elizabeth II Centre, across the road from Westminster Abbey.
15. Emma - Whitehall Gardens
Corgi: Emma
Her full name is Emma Moondust. She produced a littler of Dagger, Dipper, Jay, Linnet, Martin, Plover and Wren.
Artist: Rebecca Hardaker
Location: Whitehall Gardens toward the top end, away from The London Eye.
16. Crackers - Charing Cross
Corgi: Crackers lived at Windsor Castle with Elizabeth and Margaret during the Second World War.
Artist: Berengere Ducoms
Location: Charing Cross train station. Right in the middle of the station.
17. Linnet - Victoria Embankment Gardens
Corgi: Linnet
Linnet was born in 2000 and was the last litter the Queen has bred. She seemed to like bagpipes as she followed the Queen's personal bagpiper around the palace.
Artist: Jeremy Clarke
Location: Victoria Embankment Gardens
18. Sandy - Victoria Embankment Gardens
Corgi: Sandy
Sandy is one of the newest corgis brought to the palace in 2021 to keep Muick company.
Artist: Sophie Malpas
Location: Victoria Embankment Gardens across from the Robert Raikes statue.
19. Monty - The Strand Palace
Corgi: Monty
Monty initially belonged to The Queen Mother and was in the James Bond sketch with Holly and Willow.
Artist: Alison Salter
Location: Strand Palace hotel
Corgi Competition
Win one night's stay with breakfast, and Royal Afternoon Tea for 2 at the Conrad London St James hotel by sharing your favourite photo's using #thequeenandhercorgis and tagging @victoriabid @thenorthbankbid. For full terms and conditions visit here. The competition ends July 31st so get your entries in as soon as you can.
Stay well and have a great week.
Nina 😊
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