Duchess to princess

sir – Isn’t it time for the Duchess of Cornwall to be addressed by her proper title – Princess of Wales? Les Sharp

Hersham, Surrey

sir – Things have come to a sorry pass when Tony Blair, who took Britain into the disastrous war in Iraq, is invested with the Most Noble Order of the Garter – the highest order of chivalry.

This is in the personal gift of the sovereign, and is usually awarded to those who have contributed in a particular way to public life or served the sovereign personally. It has now been devalued.

Robert Readman

Bournemouth, Dorset