Once a favourite of the nobility, the distinguished King Charles spaniel is a loving and loyal little lap dog that can also hold its own outdoors, says Katy Birchall.
‘There’s no need for a King Charles spaniel to growl, they simply give you a look,’ declares Caroline Bowles-Robinson, who lives with nine of them on her Leicestershire farm. ‘It reminds me of when I was at convent school — I was always doing something wrong and so was terribly frightened of the…