Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the Ranger of Windsor Great Park,
and husband of the Princess Helena, lost his left eye on Saturday at Osborne, in consequence of a, shot (believed to have been fired by the Duke of Connaught) getting reflected downwards from a tree and passing through the eyelid and eye. Mr. Lawson, the Queen's oculist, was at once telegraphed for, and found it necessary to remove the injured eye on Sunday. The Prince is going on as well as pos- sible, and there is every reason to hope that the right eye may not suffer sympathetically. But the accident is a very deplorable one, and causes much sorrow in the neigh- bourhood of Windsor and Bishopsgate, where the Prince has. made himself very popular. It seems a great pity for the sake of a few pheasants to run the risk of shooting in a very confined space and amongst trees, as the Royal party were compelled to shoot on Saturday afternoon. No carelessness is attributed to any one of the party. But the party as a whole would have been wiser in agreeing to sacrifice the interests of their bag to the interests of each other.
Previous page
