12/04/23 - while i was visiting the lochs this week, a fisherman said he could show me his dog for a couple pints. I definitely expected him to be more of a shepherd owner.
I stayed and heard Alderman Barker’s case of his being abused by the Council of Ireland, touching his lands there; all I observed there is the silliness of the King, playing with his dog all the while, and not minding the business...
--Diary of Samuel Pepys, 4 September 1667
Portraits of Charles II and his family with the dogs that would come to be called Cavalier King Charles Spaniels after him
In order: Charles as an infant; Charles with his sister Mary and brother James; Charles as king; his sister Mary; his wife Catherine of Braganza; his sister Henrietta; his mistress Louise de Kerouaille; James Beauclerk, his youngest son by Nell Gwyn; his nephew James, Prince of Wales