In early 1968 (before going to India), John, Cynthia, and Julian posed what would be their last family pictures. The photos were to be used for Hunter Davis's book, The Beatles: An Authorized Biography- only one was used- the last one. The photographer was Ringo Starr. As for the dog, well, John and Cynthia had two dogs during their time in Kenwood: Nigel and Bernard; many people assume that the dog is Bernard, named after housekeeper Dorothy Jarlett's husband by Julian. Only except, Bernard only lived for a year before his death. I don't know what happened with Nigel, nor do I know the breed Nigel was. Bernard was a mongrel. Oddly enough, Nigel wasn't mentioned in neither of Cynthia's books (Bernard was mentioned in her second book, John) but he was mentioned in Ray Coleman’s biography book, Lennon. After Googling what a mongrel dog breed is (I am more of a cat person), I have come to a conclusion that this is Bernard. I suppose Bernard passed away while John and Cynthia were in India or during the divorce proceedings.
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