Meghan Markle and Prince Harry once spent an evening sitting on the floor together while waiting as their beagle, Guy, underwent surgery — a moment their former U.K. veterinarian still remembers clearly.
In a Dec. 23 interview with The Times, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick — an orthopedic and neurosurgical veterinary specialist known in the U.K. for The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick — described treating Guy after the dog was seriously injured in 2017.
Fitzpatrick said Markle contacted him from Canada, where she was living at the time, after Guy escaped and was later found with two badly damaged “wrists” (carpal injuries). Fitzpatrick agreed to operate, and Markle brought Guy to the U.K. for treatment.
“The duke and duchess sat on the floor. We had cake. Guy was fixed,” Fitzpatrick recalled. He added that Guy lived until January of this year and that Markle later sent him a heartfelt message thanking him for his care.
Guy, adopted by Markle in 2015, remained a cherished part of her life even after she moved to the U.K. In January, she announced his death in an emotional Instagram tribute, reflecting on the accident that changed his life.
In the post, she wrote that doctors initially believed Guy would never walk again, but Fitzpatrick was confident recovery was possible. She also shared that she and Harry would visit Guy late at night, after hours, during the months he spent recovering in Surrey.
“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,” she wrote.
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Fitzpatrick’s interview also touched on another memorable encounter: a lunch invitation from the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. He said she was deeply curious about animal medicine, asking detailed questions about prosthetics, hip dysplasia, and even the best time of day to give dogs their tablets.
“She had a million questions,” he said.
The conversation, he added, also turned to politics — and the Queen’s perspective came with a characteristically wry comparison.
“She said, ‘To me, it’s much like the corgis. They all bark all the time. You just need to know which bark to listen to.’”
