And now a new book spills the beans on what it’s like to be a canine in the monarch’s household.
Royal biographer Brian Hoey has written Pets by Royal Appointment all about the furry companions that give the Queen so much joy.
In the book, he claims the pooches are fed on a luxurious diet of chicken breast and fillet steak prepared by a chef.
Each meal is carried through the corridors of the palace by a royal footman, before the Queen herself pours gravy over them and sets them down in front of her pets.
But the well-trained doggies aren’t allowed to tuck in straightaway – they have to wait for the Queen to give the comment before they can eat.
Mr Hoey said the corgis feed on their elaborate meals every day at 5pm and never eat tinned dog food.
The Queen is said to be very hands-on in her care of the pets and is an established breeder of ‘dorgis’ – dachshunds bred with corgis. She even gives them a hand by putting the dachshunds on a brick because they have shorter legs than her corgis!
Despite the Queen’s love of corgis, her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, reportedly hates them because they yap too much.