Unhappy new year

I’M NOT surprised Chinese New Year celebrations at Blenheim were disappointing (Mail). As annual members, we steer clear of any organised events there, as they are invariably underwhelming.

One Christmas advertised ‘ Come and see the Three Kings bearing gifts’. After traipsing through the house with a four-year- old child, it turned out to be cardboard cut-outs. On Halloween, they just put a white sheet in a tree to represent a ghost and some cotton wool for cobwebs.

Drinks are served in cardboard cups as they don’t have a dishwasher or staff to wash up. I did ask if the Duke of Marlborough has his morning cuppa in a paper cup.

Mrs CLARE CORBIN, Duxford, Oxon.