Queen Camilla's Rescue Dog Beth Dies, Royal Family Announces: 'Brought Such Joy'

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Camilla with her dog Beth at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in Windsor, England on Dec. 9, 2020.Photo:Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall with Beth, her jack-russell terrier, unveiling a plaque as they visit the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to open the new kennels and thank the centre’s staff and supporters on December 9, 2020

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Buckingham Palace has announced thatQueen Camilla’s rescue dog Beth has died.

The palace shared the news on social media on Nov. 18, featuring a tender tribute and carousel of photos of the Queen, 77, with her pet.

PEOPLE understands that Beth had an untreatable tumor and had to be put down over the weekend.

TheInstagrampost opened with a smiling shot of Queen Camilla walking Beth, a Jack Russell Terrier she adopted fromBattersea Dogs and Cats Homein South London in 2011. It rolled to show other photos of them together through the years, including with Bluebell, Queen Camilla’s second rescue Jack Russell Terrier who she adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2012.

It continued to an undated image ofKing Charlessquatting in the grass, where Beth hopped up to touch his nose. The tribute closed with a video of Beth assisting Camilla with the royal duty ofunveiling a plaqueat the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2020, tugging off the curtain with her teeth, which made Camilla laugh.

(Left) Queen Camilla on the May 6, 2023 coronation day. (Right) A close-up shot of Queen Camilla’s coronation gown on May 6, 2023.Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty; Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 06: Queen Camilla is crowned with Queen Mary’s Crown during her coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images); LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 06: Queen Camilla after being crowned during her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, on May 6, 2023 in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Prince Harrywrote about Queen Camilla’s passion for protecting rescue animals in his memoirSpare, published in 2023. In his memoir, the Duke of Sussex reflected on the first time he introduced his then-girlfriend and future wife,Meghan Markle, to his father Charles and Camilla.

Queen Camilla with her dog Beth at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in Windsor, England on Dec. 9, 2020.Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall with Beth, her jack-russell terrier, unveiling a plaque as they visit the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to open the new kennels and thank the centre’s staff and supporters on December 9, 2020

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Prince Harry, 40, wrote about how they had tea together in 2016, and said a conversation about “Things We All Like” segued “straight to dogs.” Harry wrote that Meghan shared the stories of her own rescue dogs, Guy and Bogart, describing Guy’s story as “particularly sad” as he was rescued from a kill shelter in Kentucky.

source: people.com

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