The Queen has said Clarence House is “becoming a second home” for cancer-detecting dogs after she was greeted by two pooches trained in the skill.
Camilla walked down the stairs to pat the heads of golden Labrador Jodie and fox red Labrador Floren in the royal residence’s hallway on Tuesday morning.
Floren, 11, has been trained to detect prostate cancer while Jodie, nine, can pick up the disease in the bowel.
The Queen, patron of the Medical Detection Dogs charity since 2014, smiled as Jodie showed off her skills by spotting the disease among four urine samples.
After the demonstration and speeches, Camilla requested the canines be brought back to Clarence House soon and said: “I think it’s becoming a second home for the dogs.
“We’ve had so many people here, and a lot of sceptical people who come and have gone away transformed.”
Scepticism on this medical use of canines still exists and Camilla added: “We’ll just have to bring more people back here… and more dogs.”
The Queen also met black Labrador Wolfie, six, who is trained to alert owner Lucy Burls before a spike in symptoms of her Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS).
Ms Burls, 39, said Wolfie will usually alert her by making eye contact but if her condition worsens he will rest his head on her lap.
She said Camilla was surprised to learn Wolfie can travel with Ms Burls on planes and even speedboats for a holiday.
He particularly enjoys double decker buses, Ms Burls told the Press Association.
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