THE ROYAL EYES OF ENGLAND.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 12, 3 October 1879, Page 3

THE ROYAL EYES OF ENGLAND.

Most Englishmen who know her Majesty by sight (says the Whitehall Review) have seen the fine cut features which have possibly become a little heavy by age, but whicli remain in a most remarkable degree aristocratic, though comparatively : fe.w, perhaps, have heard the clear ringing voice, which is delightful in ordinary conversation, but which becomes mosfc painfully disagreeable and unpleasant when excited, -or have seen the heavy lidded eyes wake and flash lightning for a moment, and then sink back into disdainful repose. These flashes of light in the eyes are common to only three members of the Royal family — the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and the. Princess Beatrice. Ifc is an .extraordinary phenomenon. ' The whole face changes for an instant, when suddenly lit up wifch the excitement shed from the eyes, and the physiognomy is entirely altered for the moment. The late Lord Bussell said to Lord Dalling that he would rather face anything than her Majesty's displeasure, for it dazzled and shocked you like a sword suddenly unsheathed in the sunlight. The metaphor is apt and true, aud a friend of ours who was' dining atthe Royal table at Win clip oi" brij one' occasion when her Majesty ibeeaine suddenly displeased with a certain member of her family, whom we will not name, has often assured us .that her face changed. for an instant to such a degree as to be almost unrecognisable.