TABLE TALK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9761, 25 June 1892, Page 6

TABLE TALK.

London, May IS. • THE queen’s HEALTH. 1 I learn, on really good authority, that, j though the Queen is better for her trip to the Riviera, Her Majesty’s condition still I leaves a good deal to be desired. Only a j few people know into what a sad state she! fell prior to leaving England. Even] Lady Churchill, who has for years been j one of our Sovereign’s few intimate I friends, and who holds a well-founded I belief in the soundness of the Royal consti- ] tution, grew very anxious. Her Majesty 1 ! i depression, especially after the Duke of j Hesse’s death, became extreme. Long! spells of silent weeping were painfully frequent, and the poor old lady seemed' to have lost all interest in life. { Usually the Queen takes the busiest; interest in the world, and the doings of society, and talks incessantly. At this time she often remained speechless, and wrapped in sorrow for hours. Ton, can imagine that Princess Beatrice and the ladies of the Court were greatly. alarmed, and that every effort was made to expedite the departure for the Riviera. Extreme caution had, nevertheless, to be used, os Sir Henry Ponsonby feared the; Queen, if burned, might give up the trip 1 altogether. At last, however, the RoyaL party got off, and Her Majesty’s friends breathed more freely. She is very much better, though the Windsor public, who saw their beloved Queen on Saturday for the first time for months, were concerned to see how very sad and very aged she had grown.