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History Bits #6 – The Prince and the Pupil

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein – and his magnificent beard! –
was a Danish-born, German prince who had the good fortune to marry into
the British royal family, his wife being one of Queen Victoria’s
daughters – Princess Helena.

Queen Victoria was extremely fond of Prince Christian, and when he
asked to marry Princess Helena, Queen Victoria gave her consent – on
the condition that the married couple resided in England, so that she
could see them whenever she wanted to.
Prince Christian and his wife, Princess Helena

To make the transition easier, the queen gave the prince and his wife
(and their growing family) the use of Frogmore Cottage on the
Sandringham Estate. She also invited them to live in Buckingham Palace
whenever they visited London.

In December, 1891, Prince Christian was out pheasant-shooting at
Osbourne House, the queen’s island retreat on the Isle of Wight, with
his wife’s brother, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. While firing at
game, pellets from the duke’s shotgun ricocheted off a tree, striking
Prince Christian in the face, and taking out his left eye!

Queen Victoria was horrified when she heard of the accident, and Arthur
was wracked with guilt over what had happened. People living in the
vicinity of Osbourne were also shocked – Prince Christian was a popular
figure, and much liked by the locals.

The queen’s doctor was called, and after a careful examination, it was
determined that – apart from losing his left eye – Prince Christian was
in perfectly good health, and would survive the accidental gunshot
wound to the head. Fearing that the eye might become infected, the
surgeons and doctors attending the prince asked if he would like to
have the now useless eye removed. He decided that he did.

Queen Victoria was appalled, but eventually gave her consent for the
operation to go ahead – on the condition that nobody ever mentioned it
to her ever again! The prince was knocked out with chloroform and the
operation duly carried out. Once it was over, a London optometrist was
commissioned to manufacture a glass eye for the prince.

The prince liked it.

He liked it very much!

He liked it TOO much!!

Prince Christian liked his glass eye so much that he started ordering
extra eyes! He was fascinated by them, and developed a very dark sense
of humour about his missing eye, and started a new hobby of ordering
custom-made glass eyes.

He soon amassed quite a collection, and would chop and change which
glass eye he would wear each day, simply by popping one eye out of his
head, and popping in another, as, and when, he pleased, according to
his mood.

During dinners with friends, he would order his manservant to bring out
his collection (which he kept in a special display-case) so that he
could show them off to his guests! To entertain them (or gross them
out!), he would regale his guests by giving lengthy explanations of the
reasons why each particular eye had been added to his collection.

He joked that his favourite one was the bloodshot eye that he had
specially made so that he could wear it whenever he caught a cold!
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