AMENITIES OP ROYALTY.
Tawhiao has realised the force of the line : — "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Even Royalty is not exempt from those domestic vicissitudes which will happen in the best as well as the most ill-regulated families. Last month Tatvhiao was induced to visit Alexandra in order to do honor to the natal anniversary of his Britannic cousin, and in his admiration for the new " waiata" of the poet-laureate he put rather a too liberal interpretation on the repeated injunctions to drink the health of the Queen, the various great personages of state, and prosperity to every part of the Empire. By the time Tawhiao readied the middle of the last verse of " Hands all Roi:nd " he was singing in broken English "We won't go home till morning." The gentle young Pohaerc, Light of the Harem, was of the party, and Tawhiao had reason to admonish her on some neglect of strict Court etiquette. Perhaps she insisted on getting outside of more than her fair share of the rum. But, conjectures aside, she resented- Tawhiao's rebuke by basiling the monar'.-h on his sacred cocoannt with a huge gingham of the Sairey G-amp model, knocking the potentate hors de combat. He was conveyed home ou' a shutter, and lias since been confined the palace. .
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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 91, 10 June 1882, Page 196
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217AMENITIES OP ROYALTY. Observer, Volume 4, Issue 91, 10 June 1882, Page 196
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