Letter: In Brief

Sir: It is inconceivable that those who surround the Windsors would talk on the record to a journalist writing a book about the most intimate details of the marriage of the heir to the throne without his knowledge and agreement (report, 26 October).

Clearly it was felt that as part of the rehabilitation process of Mrs Parker Bowles it was necessary further to tarnish the image of the Princess of Wales.

Rather a futile exercise since we already know that "there were three people in the marriage" and that that is what did for it.

PAULETTE JAMES

Bristol