Letter: Put the Royals in their place

Sir: Today's leading article ('Family values', 21 August) is pretty full of good sense; it could be fuller.

I am a royalist. I wish to think well of my royalty. If they accrete to themselves individuals who cannot match the requisite standards of conduct and even self-denial so as to deserve the honour and subsidies provided by their subjects, they must divest themselves of such.

The present Duchess of York should be deprived of her title and subsidy. The photographers will not bother her thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

ROGER HORSLEY

Colchester, Essex