Welsh Corgi: Quick Facts

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Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Queen Elizabeth II stands on a railway platform holding leashes for four corgis, with a man beside her, in front of a dark train car.

The animal-herding Welsh Corgi

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Cardigan Welsh corgi.

Pembroke Welsh corgi.

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