The Queen and Tall Paul

Queen Elizabeth II and Page of the Backstairs, Paul Whybrew with the royal Corgis, 1973.

Mr Whybrew, was still in service until the Queen’s death. Her most beloved aide, he is nicknamed ‘Tall Paul’ because he towered over his former colleague ‘Little Paul’ Burrell when they both worked in the Royal Household together.

Mr Whybrew accompanied the Queen in the more private aspects of her life. He was appointed last year to sort through her private papers before they are transferred to the royal archive in Windsor.

In 1982, he was the aide who apprehended intruder Michael Fagan when he infamously broke into the Queen’s bedroom at Buckingham Palace.

Pembroke Welsh Corgis are famed for being the preferred breed of Queen Elizabeth II, who owned more than 30 during her reign. The dogs have traditionally been buried at the royal residence, Sandringham estate in Norfolk when they died. The Queen’s last two dogs, Muick and Sandy, have now been taken on by Sarah Ferguson, formerly the Duchess of York.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was mad on pugs and kept 36, breeding them herself, she preferred the apricot and fawn colouring to the more traditional black pugs imported from China in the late 1900s.