There is something vague in Queen Ena's eyes, and they're also very asymmetrical - on some pictures it nearly looks like a lazy eye. Her mother was very plain, her father was praised as one of the beautiful Battenberg brothers. I personally think that the only really attractive Battenberg brother was Louis. Ena looked better than her mother but she seems to keep the observer at a distance. There is some resemblance to her cousin Marie of Romania ("Missy") but Marie had so much expressiveness, drama and flirtatiousness that she looks more attractive.
But on official portraits where Marie's liveliness is dampened, there is a strong resemblance between the cousins imho.
Queen EnaQueen Marie of RomaniaThe Edinburgh, Connaught and Hesse granddaughters of QV were better looking than the rest imho, at least to modern eyes. I know that it's impossible to see them all as their contemporaries saw them. The ideal of beauty has changed so completely.
As she grew older, Ena developed an elegant trademark look which was very queenly, and she lost her round cheeks which were at odds with her nose when she was younger. I think age improved her looks but it made her look sadder.
Poor Ena, hemophilia really blighted her life. Maybe that's why she looks so melancholy. First fearing, then knowing that she carries a time bomb in her genes that will hurt her children and grandchildren - how terrible.
Compared to her cousin Alexandra of Russia, she had to deal with an angry husband in addition to all the other problems. I always disliked him for that until I read recently (can't remember in which book it was) that he was the only European royal honestly lobbying to save the Romanovs. While all the others more or less washed their hands of cousin Nicky and cousin Alicky, Alfonso tried what he could to save them. It really made me appreciate this otherwise not very likeable man. Now all I have to do is find the book where I read about it!