Duchess of Sussex ‘devastated’ after death of her rescue dog
The Duchess of Sussex has said she is “devastated” after the death of her rescue dog
The Duchess, 43, announced the death of beagle Guy, which she adopted in 2015, in an Instagram post on Tuesday night.
She said: “I have cried too many tears to count – the type of tears that make you get in the shower with the absurd hope that the running water on your face will somehow make you not feel them, or pretend they’re not there. But they are. And that’s OK too.
“Thank you for so many years of unconditional love, my sweet Guy. You filled my life in ways you’ll never know.”
The Duchess posted a montage of various videos and photos of Guy, including several that also feature Prince Harry and their children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
She wrote in the caption: “In 2015, I adopted a beagle from a dog rescue in Canada. He had been at a kill shelter in Kentucky and given a few days to live. I swooped him up….and fell in love.
‘He was so small and frail’
“They referred to him as ‘the little guy’ because he was so small and frail, so I named him ‘Guy’. And he was the best guy any girl could have asked for.
“If you followed me on Instagram back in the day, you saw a lot of him – and on The Tig too. He was with me at Suits, when I got engaged, (and then married), when I became a mom….he was with me for everything: the quiet, the chaos, the calm, the comfort.
“He endured a terrible accident shortly before I moved to the UK which had him undergoing surgeries for several months and unable to leave the clinic
“Doctors said he would never walk again, but Dr Noel Fitzpatrick said he could do it. H and I would drive late at night, after hours, to see Guy as he recovered in Surrey for months on end.
“I will always be grateful to Noel and his team, the team at Queen West Animal Hospital in TO, our vets now, and my friends and community: Thank you for loving him so.”
Guy features in the closing scene of the trailer for her new lifestyle and cookery show, With Love, Meghan. As the Duchess chops vegetables at the kitchen counter, she looks over to him and says with an affectionate smile: “Guy’s snoring. Peaceful day.”
She said: “Because many of you will now see Guy in this new series, I hope you’ll come to understand why I am so devastated by his loss. I think you may fall a little bit in love too.”
The lengthy post, including many previously unseen family images and videos, may be an early indication of how the Duchess plans to communicate with her 1.4 million followers.
It suggests that she will use the newly activated account to share personal as well as professional updates and is unafraid to publish private images of her family.
The latest post includes two brief clips that appear to contain the voices of her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, singing in the background, and another that appears to be Archie expressing concern that Guy will fall over as they travel in the car.
Meghan responds: “He’s not going to fall, don’t you worry. Mama has him. Thank you for being such a good boy.”
It also includes a clip of Meghan stirring a vat of jam on the stove, possibly ahead of the delivery of 50 jars of the preserve to her friends, as she says: “We’re jamming, Guy.”
