Letter: No rush for a republic

Sir: With the self righteousness common to republican sentiment, Suzanne Moore ("The Windsors still don't understand us", 3 September) overlooks years of dedicated service given to the nation by the House of Windsor, not least by Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales, ("closeted away somewhere in their cold castle, unable or uninterested in judging the public mood").

The grief of the country will only be deepened by your columnists' exploitation of the moment in pursuit of their own constitutional agenda.

FR LINDSAY MCKENNA

Halifax