Scant crumbs of comfort

MY level of interest in the impending royal nuptials had made me unaware of the full extent of the details of the arrangements.

Thanks to Catriona Stewarts’ revealing article “I’m afraid the royal wedding is for richer not poorer”, The Herald, April 5), I now know that the invited quota of “commoners” will have to provide their own food and will not be allowed to mingle with the hoi-palloi and upper-crusts.

Not so much “let them eat cake”, but rather, “let them eat their own cake”.

Tina Oakes,

Hanover Court,

Stonehaven.

I WRITE to indicate that I continue to be impressed with your restraint in reporting the pending royal nuptials.

We have been faced generally with a blizzard of trivia, a superabundance of ceremonial minutiae, and screeds of biographical detail about the bride. It was hard to believe that, on the TV news recently, a main item was that the father of the bride would walk her down the aisle (really?). Moreover, the 2,000 or so who have been invited to enter the grounds of Windsor Castle on the wedding day have been told to bring along their own picnics. The consequences of austerity have obviously not passed by the royal family.

I do hope that your judgment on what is important in people’s lives and in the nation’s affairs continues at the level shown so far. After all, what we are talking about is the confirmation of the plighting of the troths of a young man, retired as a captain from the British Army, and an American actress. It is hard to believe that she appeared on the Time list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Mind you, so did Ruth Davidson.

For the avoidance of doubt, let me say that I wish the couple a long, healthy and happy life together. I just wish that they had eloped.

Ian W Thomson,

38 Kirkintilloch Road,

Lenzie.