Although The King and Queen are staunch dog-lovers, they have shown favour to another four-legged friend this week with a new royal title in Guernsey. 

King Charles and Queen Camilla have renamed the Golden Guernsey Goat as the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat. This is the first time in decades that a royal title has been granted to a livestock breed, making another first for The King’s reign. 

The Royal Guernsey Goat is a British milking goat, and is smaller than other milking breeds in Britain. As their name suggests, their colour ranges from a pale to deep gold. 

Miriam Milbourne rediscovered the breed in 1924 and continued to protect them throughout the Nazi occupation in the Second World War. 

The King met an eight-year-old female goat, Summerville Tamsin, during the ceremony where he gave her a collar with a bronze engraved goat bell. 

The day held particular significance as King Charles is the Patron of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and has long promoted the importance of focusing on rare breeds. 

King Charles and Queen Camilla were in the Channel Islands for a two-day visit. They spent Monday on Jersey before travelling to Guernsey on Tuesday to meet with community members there and attend the States of Deliberation.