Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced an emotional moment when the Duchess of Sussex’s dog Guy was injured, their former vet has revealed.
According to Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat on the floor with their beagle while the dog underwent surgery after a serious accident in 2017.
The vet recalled the royal couple’s concern for their pet, saying they ate cake and waited impatiently while Guy received treatment.
“Megan called me from Canada, where she was living at the time, to tell me that Jay, her beagle, had run away and was found with two broken wrists.” [the carpus]”, a statement.
Fitzpatrick added: “Am I going to have surgery? I agreed, and I brought him in. The Duke and Duchess sat on the floor. We had a cake. The man was fixed.”
He continued: “He lived until January of this year, and I received a wonderful thank you note from Meghan, which was sweet.”
Jay, who Meghan adopted in 2015, had a poor prognosis, but thanks to Fitzpatrick’s expertise, he recovered and lived until January this year.
In a heartfelt tribute to her dog, Meghan wrote on social media after his death earlier this year: “In 2015, I adopted a beagle from a dog rescue in Canada.”
She added: “He was in a kill shelter in Kentucky and given a few days to live. I pounced on him… and fell in love. They referred to him as ‘Little Man’ because he was so small and weak, so I called him ‘The Man.'”
“And he was the best guy any girl could ask for. If you followed me on Instagram the other day, you saw a lot of him.”
“He was with me at Suits, when I got engaged, when I became a mother… He was with me through everything: calm, chaos, calm, comfort.”
Megan said: “He had a terrible accident shortly before I moved to the UK, which left him undergoing surgery for several months and was unable to leave the clinic.
“The 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 Jay recovering 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, my friends and my community: thank you for loving him.”