The Queen’s loyal corgis Muick and Sandy ‘were with the late monarch at Balmoral’

Two of the late Queen’s corgis stood by Her Majesty’s side in her final hours, The Mail on Sunday understands.

According to Palace sources, the beloved pets, Muick and Sandy, were “in the room with her” on her deathbed on Sept. 8.

Muick and Sandy touched people’s hearts with their poignant appearance at Windsor Castle during the Queen’s final trip on Monday.

Prince Andrew had given Muick, named after Loch Muick on the Balmoral estate, and pronounced ‘Mick’, as a puppy to the Queen, along with another named Fergus. When Fergus died three months later, another corgi, Sandy, was found to replace him with the help of the Queen’s granddaughter, Princess Beatrice.

Although the Queen adored her corgis, her pets didn’t always reciprocate her unwavering loyalty. In the 1980s, she was nipped in the hand by a corgi and had to be stitched up.

The late Queen was always fond of her corgis and owned 30 of them during her 70-year reign. Pictured: One of the last released photos of the Queen celebrating her anniversary in February

She then enlisted a behaviorist, Dr Roger Mugford, to help manage the pack, which had grown to nine at the time. One was so unruly that he was sent to live with the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne.

When Dr Mugford advised the Queen to have fewer dogs, she replied: ‘Dr Mugford, Prince Philip has already told me I have too many dogs. If I had wanted that kind of advice, I could have saved you money.’

Undeterred, the monarch continued to expand her collection of corgis and other dogs, owning a total of 30 during her 70-year reign.

The first Pembroke Welsh corgi she owned was Susan, a present on her 18th birthday in 1944. Susan died in 1959 and is buried in the Sandringham Animal Cemetery.

In 1971, the Queen was credited with inventing the dorgi, after her corgi Tiny was mated with her sister Princess Margaret’s dachshund Pipkin.

Prince Andrew (pictured visiting the dogs on Monday) had given Muick, named after Loch Muick on the Balmoral estate, and pronounced ‘Mick’, as a puppy to the Queen, along with another named Fergus

The first Pembroke Welsh corgi Elizabeth owned was Susan (pictured), a present on her 18th birthday in 1944

Last week, Dr. Mugford said the animals were “psychically important” to the Queen’s happiness, adding that he believed they would be happy in the familiar surroundings of Prince Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.

The Queen’s other dog, Lissy, whose pedigree name is Wolferton Drama, is the current champion of the Kennel Club’s Cocker Spaniel hunting dog.

While the Queen bred corgis until 2015, she has resisted adopting dogs in recent years because she didn’t want to leave any behind. She accepted Muik and Sandy assuming that Prince Andrew or Princess Beatrice would get them back.

As her family had planned, they were with her to the end.