They “Saw” the Queen
At the meeting of tho Hepburn Starey Blind Aid Society a few days ago tho topic of conversation was last year’s meeting, attended by Queen Elizabeth, then Duchess of York, to celebrate tho seventieth anniversary of the society, states a London correspondent of the Auckland Star. The Queen was on the platform with Lady Gladstone and Lady Arrol, and in introducing her Lady Gladstone said: "Dear blind friends, the Duchoss is here. Tho one thing I regret Is that you cannot see her. "But," sho continued, "let me be your eyes for a moment." And the blind people "saw" the Buchess. ‘‘She is wearing a lovely blue coat with a big fur collar," went on Lady Gladstone, 4 ‘ Bho has a small blue hat —I believe it is her best hat —anyway, it is very becoming, and she has with her what she alwuys has—the smile that has won tho hearts of the people ail over the British Empire.’ ’ Later a blind man said that, through his mind’s eye, he had clearly “seen" the Duchess. A member of the Court circle tells me that the Queen never refers to the incident without emotion, and she was delighted to receive from tho society a loyal message wishing her long life and happiness.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 27, 2 February 1937, Page 11
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