THE TACT OF THE QUEEN.

Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE TACT OF THE QUEEN.

• The tact of the Queen, and hei anxiety to satisfy everyone without diverging from the direct path of duty, is very remarkable when we remember that it is not hereditary ; indeed, it is far from being so on the paternal side. On not more than three occasions in her long career has the Queen shown vehement anger. That she is often terribly annoyed at various things which take place in her family is to be expected when the family in question is so expensive ; but, like Pope's ideal lady, " Mistress of herself though china fall/ Her Majesty never allows • composure to be ruffled, though & ex "terity of her voice, and es- • nll^n 11^ lv " change in form of her peciallythe efficient indication of phraseology, is. -n he Duke o{ Ken( . her displeasure. ±. for altho h was not a tactful man, -^ °^ he devoted much of his tiu. „ j~ vocating everything that, a& thought, was calculated to promote , the progress and well-being of the people, he never disguised his political feelings, and this made him quite unpopular in Court circles. It is possible that no other Prince who stood so near the Throne would have dared, during a time when political feelings were at boiling-point, to make the public speeches that he made. Sevoral papers have stated that the Queen would grant a private presentation to Mrs. Asquith. The statement never had the least foundation. The Queen receives no one privately unless he be a very distinguished personage, or someone connected with her Household. When Her Majesty makes an exception, it is only on account of some lady placed in very deep mourning, or suffering from a, physical affection, like tie Duchess of Wellington, who from her lameness would not be able to undergo the fatigue of a_ Drawingroom. Her the Queen graciously received privately at Windsor shortly after her husband succeeded to the Dukedom.