Have we got dogs and human beings mixed up?

Rachel Jones  |  Comment
Date posted:  21 Jul 2025
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Have we got dogs and human beings mixed up?

Prince William with his cocker spaniels. Source: Kensington Palace

Recently I have found myself caught between my love of the Royal Family and my dislike of dogs.

I don’t know which side of that statement will make me more unpopular with readers of en. (If this were The Guardian, both would be equally heinous.) But my guess is it’ll be the dogs. One of my guilty viewing pleasures is Channel 4’s Gogglebox, justified by my need to keep in touch with popular opinion. The main takeaway? Britons really love dogs.

It’s no surprise then that, to mark Prince William’s 43rd birthday, the Prince and Princess of Wales released a photo of him looking lovingly into the eyes of a cocker spaniel puppy, part of a litter born to Orla, the family’s pet dog.

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