Queen Victoria's pets facts for kids
Wednesday 18 May 1836
Dear Uncle Ernest made me the present of a most delightful Lory, which is so tame, that it remains on your hand, & you may put your finger into its beak, or do any thing with it without its ever attempting to bite. It is larger than Mamma's Grey Parrot, & has a most beautiful plumage; it is scarlet, blue, brown, yellow & purple.
Queen Victoria's journal (18 May 1836)
Queen Victoria and her close family kept numerous pet animals, including:
- Fatima - a Pug
- Alma – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel
- Dandie – a Skye terrier
- Dash – a Cavalier King Charles spaniel
- Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany
- Flora – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel
- Goats – The Shah of Persia presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Tibetan goats upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat herd was established at Windsor. Goats from this herd were then used as regimental mascots by regiments such as the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
- Nero – a greyhound
- Islay – a Skye terrier. Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat.
- Jacquot – a donkey
- Unknown name – a lory
- Looty – the first Pekingese in Britain, taken from the Chinese Summer Palace in the Second Opium War
- Marco – a small spitz which was the first of her many Pomeranians.
- Hector – a deerhound
- Noble – the Queen's favourite collie. A statue by Princess Louise is in Osborne House.
- Picco – a Sardinian pony
- Sharp – a collie
- Turi – a Pomeranian who lay on her deathbed at her request
- Coco – An African grey parrot
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