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A Fondness for Small Companions Even before Victoria became queen, she loved dogs. The first, Dash, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was a gift from Sir John Conroy to Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent. When she was thirteen, Victoria received Dash as a present. Because Victoria was not allowed to have many human child friends, for reasons of health and safety, Dash became her constant companion. He was a faithful dog, once jumping into the water to follow Victoria on a small yacht tour. A year later, during a holiday to St. Leonards-on-Sea, her carriage horses got caught in their traces, and Victoria scrambled out of the landau with Dash in her arms. And left her mother and attendants […]
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