Sarah Ferguson’s Rep Clarifies Rumor Queen Elizabeth’s Dogs Are Cloned

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Queen Elizabeth's Corgis: Sarah Ferguson Provides Update

Sarah Ferguson is throwing a bone at her critics.

Shortly after rumors circulated that the former Duchess of York planned to clone Queen Elizabeth II’s two corgis, Muick and Sandy—whom she and husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor adopted after the late monarch died in 2022—for an unknown reality TV series, her representative denied the claims.

“Ms. Ferguson regularly receives varied TV offers and proposals—often for reality shows which she always declines,” the rep told People in a statement published March 22. “To be absolutely clear, she declined the proposal regarding a reality TV show involving the late Queen’s corgis.”

The statement continued, “She received the proposal following some initial conversations with Halcyon Media to discuss a potential programme on dogs generally, but conversations ended following her declining the opportunity suggested.”

E! News has reached out to Halcyon Media for comment but has not heard back.

Reports first surfaced on March 21 that alleged Sarah, 66, was in talks to “sell genetic replicas” of the royal dogs in the proposed show. According to the Daily Mail, the project’s synopsis claimed she worked with a “team of scientists and investors” to create a “company called The Queen’s Corgis” eight months after Elizabeth’s death.

While the project isn’t slated to air, the late Queen’s bond with her Welsh corgis (and the occasional dorgi mix) is a special of its own. Indeed, Elizabeth’s soft spot for the breed was well-documented throughout her 70-year reign. To further the tradition, Andrew gifted his mom Muick and Sandy in 2021. And in a bittersweet nod to their friendship, the two dogs attended their mom’s televised funeral at Windsor Castle.

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Though Sarah turned down the alleged show’s plot, she’s provided heartfelt updates about Muick and Sandy over the years—including how they’re still connected to the late royal.

“I think they are exceptional and they’re just very funny,” the Tea for Ruby author told E! News in 2023. I think, I’m sure, when they’re chasing the air, I think they’re looking at her. That’s what I like to think. The squirrels are not in sight but they’re still barking at something, so I think it might be her.”

Keep reading to see Elizabeth’s fur-ever connection with her dogs…

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Muick & Sandy

The Queen's corgis play with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. Her ex-husband Prince Andrew, Duke of York, had originally gifted the dogs to the monarch. After her death, he and Sarah, who live together, took them in.

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Awaiting Their Queen

Sandy and Muick, the Queen's surviving corgis, await the arrival of her coffin at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, following a state funeral Sept. 8, 2022.

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Sweet Candy

The Queen pets her dorgi Candy while taking a break from observing a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees, in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle in February 2022.

The dog, one of four of her last pets, died months before the Queen passed away at age 96 on Sept. 8, 2022, according to multiple reports. She was survived by her corgis Muick and Sandy, who went to live with her son Prince Andrew and his ex-wife and roommate Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, as well as a cocker spaniel named Lissy.

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