Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aren’t just parents to two adorable little royals — Archie Harrison and Lilibet “Lili” Diana — they are also the proud parents of a few fur babies themselves and active shelter advocates. When the two first met in July 2016 and started dating soon after, Meghan had two adopted pups of her own and frequently posted about them on her now-deleted Instagram account. The Duchess’ first dog Bogart — a Labrador-German Shepherd cross — was discovered and adopted at an animal shelter in Los Angeles with the assistance of comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi, coincidentally, according to Harper’s Bazaar.
“It’s sort of like if Oprah tells you to do something. And so I brought him home,” Meghan recalled how Borgart, her eldest pup, came into her life, whom she re-homed about four years ago. (More on that in a moment.) In 2015, Meghan rescued her second dog, a beagle named Guy, who was at a kill shelter in Kentucky before landing in the duchess’ lap. Meghan took the pup home after she fell in love at a shelter event, and he ultimately sat by her feet during hair and makeup for her enchanting, royal wedding, according to People.
After the couple got married in May 2018, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex adopted a black Labrador together and named her Pula, Parade reported. Meghan voiced that, for a long time, people in Sussex “kept getting her name wrong,” revealing their newest dog is a she, not a he!
