epa01295021 Diamond-Eye Thai cats or ‘Khao Manee’ look on at the Royal Thai Cats (Diamond-Eye) Park in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, 22 March 2008. The Khao Manee (White Jewel) is a pure white body colour cat with glowing eyes of differing colours; with one yellow and one blue eye, sometimes called the ‘diamond eye’ which is the additional brilliance unique to the breed. The Royal Thai Cats (Diamond-Eye) Park owned by Namdee Witta, who has 70 Khao Manee cats which he claims are the only surviving direct descendants of the Khao Manees, belonging to Thai King Rama V who ruled from 1868 to 1910. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

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