One of Princess Anne’s bull terriers savages another dog at Sandringham shoot, Royal insider claims
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Sandringham shooting descends to ‘blood’ and ‘screaming’ after one of Princess Anne’s bull terriers attacks another dog, royal source claims
- One of Princess Royal’s English bull terriers is claimed to have attacked another dog
- The incident is alleged to have occurred on a pheasant hunt on Boxing Day.
- The pet sank its teeth into a ranger’s dog in a “frenzy”, a source said
One of Princess Anne’s English bull terriers is reported to have attacked another dog at a royal photo shoot.
The Princess Royal could be in trouble amid claims that one of her pets went after a gamekeeper’s dog on a pheasant hunt in Sandringham on Boxing Day.
A source claims that King’s sister had brought her dog to the family reunion, during which it sank its teeth into the other animal in a “frenzy”.
They said while the animal survived, there was “a lot of blood and a lot of screaming” and the incident left people fearing things could have ended tragically.
Princess Anne, pictured here with one of her bull terrier dogs looking out the window of her Land Rover in 2019. One of her dogs is said to have attacked another in a royal photo shoot on Boxing Day
Princess Anne walks one of her English Bull Terriers at Gatcombe Park in Stroud in September 2018
The incident, believed to have taken place at the Norfolk estate just after Christmas, left onlookers stunned.
A royal insider told the Sun:’It took me a while to get the dog out of the ear because it had really sunk in its teeth.
‘Everyone was fine at the end, but the atmosphere was extremely tense afterwards for some time.
“Many people asked what would have happened if it had been Charlotte or George or any of the children instead of another dog.”
Norfolk Police and the RSPCA have received no reports on the alleged incident, according to the newspaper.
MailOnline has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
The incident is alleged to have taken place during a pheasant hunt on the royal estate at Sandringham (pictured)
Anne holds tightly her three English bull terriers during the Gatcombe Horse Trials in 2003. Among the dogs pictured are Dotty and Florence, both of whom had attacked people.
It wouldn’t be the first time Anne’s beloved bull terriers have turned violent, as her pets were seen attacking other animals and even people.
In 1993, his dog Eglantyne went after a bystander in Gatcombe, having attacked a smaller dog two years earlier in Windsor.
In 2002, one of her terriers, named Dotty, attacked two children, ages 7 and 12, in Windsor Great Park after she was released.
Anne was fined £500 by magistrates under the Dangerous Dogs Act, becoming the first royal to be convicted in court of an offense unrelated to speeding.
The following year, Dotty’s mother Florence bit maid Ruby Brooker on the knee, before maiming one of the Queen’s corgis, Pharos, to such an extent that it had to be put down.
And Dotty’s mother, Florence, not only bit the maid on the knee, but then went after the Queen’s favorite corgi, which had to be put down.
Florence and Dotty were sent for retraining, but Anne’s bull terriers developed such a reputation that Queen Elizabeth II banned them from Sandringham household.