An adorable toddler received a letter from Windsor Castle after dressing up as the Queen and posing with her two corgis. Jalayne Sutherland caught royal attention after putting on a double-breasted overcoat with matching hat, a white wig and pearls.
She was photographed by her mum, Katelyn Sutherland, standing alongside her family corgis, Jack and Rascal. Katelyn, from Ohio, America, sent the picture to the Queen on a whim - and said she did not expect to receive a reply. Mum Katelyn said: "The biggest inspiration for the outfit was the fact that our dogs are our daughter's best friends.
"We wanted to do something where they could all be included together. We are most definitely fans of the Royal family and truly admire how the Queen walks by faith."
Katelyn said her daughter's costume was met with lots of praise as she took her trick-or-treating last Halloween.
She added: “While walking around on Halloween we received many, many compliments but my favourite reactions were when people bowed to her or did the royal wave and said, ‘Your Majesty!’”
The letter, from the Queen's lady in waiting the Hon Marry Morrison, said: “The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for your letter, and for the photograph you thoughtfully enclosed.
“Her Majesty thought it kind of you to write to her, and The Queen was pleased to see the photograph of your daughter, Jalayne, in her splendid outfit.
“Her Majesty hopes you all have a very Merry Christmas, and I am enclosing a little information about the Royal Pets, which Jalayne might like to have.”
The letter was stamped with the Windsor Castle insignia and dated December 9, 2021.
Following the Queen's death, and as King Charles moves into Buckingham Palace, it has been suggested that the royal corgis could be moved out to live with Prince Andrew at his £30 million regal residence, Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Royal biographer, Ingrid Seward, said: "I imagine the dogs would be looked after by the family, probably Andrew [as] he's the one that gave them to her, they're quite young, the corgi and the dorgi."
While another royal commentator, Howard Hodgson, suggested the corgis will be 'ousted' by Jack Russells as the royal dog following her passing, as King Charles and Queen Camilla have Jack Russells.
In an interview with the Express, he said: "I think if and when anything happens to the Queen we can safely assume the corgis will not be treated badly or got rid of."
He continued: "I don't think the corgis will be put down or neglected, because they're all animal lovers in the Royal Family."
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