A tawdry affair

Jon Cole’s letter criticising Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s television interview strikes a chord. (Get ‘em off', March 10).

Do the royals really believe that by involving themselves in such tawdry events they will strike a rapport with the normal people on the street?

Once again, they have failed.

The vast majority of their subjects have a bit more to concern themselves with at the current time than worry about a precocious actress and her milksop husband. Are they so out of touch with normal life as led by normal people, they believe that appearing on a vacuous US chat show will give pause to their subjects?

I would suggest that a better way, for instance, would be by lifting the veil of secrecy that is cast over the financing of events like lavish weddings and palace renovations for the lesser royals.

If the royal family really are the ‘net contributors’ that royal sycophants endlessly claim that they are, then surely, they should be proud to demonstrate their ‘net contribution’ in an accountable manner, rather than deliberately hiding it from public scrutiny.

As for myself, I find it offensive to see a woman wearing jewellery worth millions of pounds, the lesser royals, hangers-on and hooray-Henrys and socialites living

Surely, they should be proud to demonstrate their ‘net contribution’ in an accountable manner ANTHONY FENLON

the high life and contributing little if anything worthwhile, while folk freeze on our grim streets and children from poor families go hungry and are deprived of a half-decent education. That’s what I think anyway. Anthony Fenlon

Bursledon Road, Waterlooville