Sam Armytage posts touching tribute to late Queen Elizabeth II

Sam Armytage took her chance to mourn the tragic passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Friday. 

The television presenter, 46, shared a throwback of the monarch looking young and carefree as she spent time with four Labrador retrievers and a dachshund. 

‘An extraordinary woman. An extraordinary leader,’ Sam captioned the Instagram post.

She continued: ‘So grateful to have lived during part of Her Majesty’s extraordinary reign. We will miss her.’

The Queen’s love for dogs knew no end as the image showed the Labradors swarming around her, one of them even jumping on her as she happily pet it. 

Her first, Susan, was given to her as an 18th birthday present by her parents in 1944.

The television presenter, 46, shared a throwback of the monarch looking young and carefree as she spent time with four Labrador retrievers and a dachshund. ‘An extraordinary woman. An extraordinary leader,’ Sam captioned the Instagram post

The Queen had fallen in love with her father’s dog Dookie, a Pembrokeshire corgi, and wanted one of her own.

Susan became the founder of the Queen’s royal dog dynasty but she was not always well-behaved.

She bit a royal clock winder on the ankle and was also rather partial to going for servants’ legs.

The Queen’s love for dogs knew no end as the image showed the Labradors swarming around her, one of them even jumping on her as she happily pet it. (Pictured with one of her many dogs Candy)

Her grandson, Whisky, apparently tore the seat out of a Guards officer’s trousers.

During her reign, the Queen owned more than 30 corgis, many of them direct descendants from Susan, who was so loved that she accompanied Princess Elizabeth on her honeymoon.

In April 2018, the Queen was left devastated when Willow, her final corgi descended from Susan, died.

 Her first, Susan, was given to her as an 18th birthday present by her parents in 1944. (Pictured as a child with King George VI’s dogs Carol and Crackers) 

The Queen had fallen in love with her father’s dog Dookie, a Pembrokeshire corgi, and wanted one of her own. Susan became the founder of the Queen’s royal dog dynasty

She had adopted a corgi Whisper following the death of its owner, a former Sandringham gamekeeper, but Willow was the last one with links to her line of corgis.

Whisper died in October 2018, leaving the Queen without any corgis at all until she was gifted several these past years.

Britain’s longest-serving monarch leaves behind four royal canines – two corgis, Candy and Muick, a corgi-dachshund cross – or ‘dorgi’ – named Sandy, and her most recent addition, Lissy, a cocker spaniel she named after herself. 

Britain’s longest-serving monarch leaves behind four royal canines – two corgis, Candy and Muick, a corgi-dachshund cross – or ‘dorgi’ – named Sandy, and her most recent addition, Lissy, a cocker spaniel she named after herself