Comparison between the cut British Blu-ray by Lionsgate and the uncut Spanish Blu-ray by TriPictures

- One cut
- Runtime difference: 3,8 sec

An animated film for children with rough approaches

The animated film The Queen's Corgi, made in Belgium in 2019, quickly demonstrates that it is not a completely polished US production: After about 10 minutes, Donald Trump briefly enters the British royal house as a guest. Apart from rough jokes at his expense, there is sexual harassment in the form of his dolled up dog lady, as she is a little over-motivated and attacks the title-giving little Corgi. It doesn't matter how you feel about the quality of the movie, which many reviews were quite overly critical of: The angry comments of American families on Amazon.com are worth a smile here.

As already mentioned, the film is in principle aimed at children, but also contains some aspects for an older audience. In most countries, the age ratings range from about 6 years upwards. The sexual aspects came to Germany with FSK 0 classification, but the film was defused by about 3 minutes of violence. In the US, the film seems to be available only as VOD (on Amazon with recommendation starting from 13 years). Uncut Blu-rays are otherwise available in Benelux, Spain, Italy, France and other countries. However, it is not recommended to import from Great Britain...

ROYAL CORGI also available in Great Britain, but only cut

The BBFC does not list any censorship cuts for the PG release there (according to which 8-year-olds are trusted to watch the film without parental guidance). Both the sexual innuendoes and the violence are fully included here. Another scene, however, was probably a bit too far for the auditors. Regarding an earlier drug-sniffer dog, it is commented that he had a little too much fun at his job. The following animation, in which he pulls a white shoelace through his nose similar to cocaine, was deleted for the British release.

Striking is the different opening sequence with the international title and that the British version is distributed by Lionsgate, a company that is also active in the US or Canada. It is therefore quite possible that other countries around the world have also received only the slightly censored version.

By the way, the creators had a similar problem with Sammy's Adventure 2 before. As we reported, they removed some vulgar language for the lowest age rating in the UK. Interestingly, according to a BBFC report, The Queen's Corgi also received several viewer complaints about sexual references and animal violence after the fact. One can only speculate if the small coke reference here would have been even more serious.

Runtimes are ordered as follows: British Blu-ray / Spanish Blu-ray

Other logos to start with on the UK Lionsgate Blu-ray.

Spanish Blu-ray 7 sec longer


During the opening credits shortly after, the UK has the international title and a few additional insertions.

British Blu-ray	Spanish Blu-ray

35:47 / 35:54-35:58

The cut begins after the comment "Al was the best sniffer dog in Heathrow airport - until he got too good." In a closer shot, you can see how Alex puts his nose on the shoelace of the guard and covers the hole with his paw. He sniffs the end of the shoelace halfway through and makes a satisfied face. The guard pulls the shoelace away again and Alex looks a bit baffled.

3,9 sec

During the credits, the UK lists other speakers and has an additional Lionsgate logo at the end again.

British Blu-ray	Spanish Blu-ray