Letter: People's Palace: no royalty allowed

Sir: While I have no strong feelings about where or how the Royal Family is housed ('Monarchists scorn people's palace idea', 8 August), I would like to suggest that Marjorie Mowlam could spend her time more productively planning how to house the hundreds of homeless people in this country rather than how to rehouse the Queen. It is pointless and crass publicity-seeking proposals like hers that make potential first-time Labour voters like me think twice.

Yours sincerely,

LUCY MOORMAN

London, EC4

7 August