So should there now be an enhanced constitutional role for the Prince of Wales?
YOUR editorial (“Reflections on a life of selfless devotion and service”, The Herald, April 10) gave a very apt reflection on a life of service.
So sad, it is, that with lockdown beginning to lift, and Prince Philip’s centenary milestone just around the corner, the Queen and her family should instead be plunged into mourning. With her strength and stay over all these 73 years now taken, hopefully the Queen’s inner faith and fortitude will see her through; with a few years’ service yet, surely.
Prince Philip’s death marks the end of a wonderful era, with no doubt; but an increased constitutional role for Charles may now be appropriate, perhaps?
Meantime, thoughts are with the Queen, personally, as she faces her keenest loss.
Brian D Henderson, Glasgow.
A keen memory for those he had met
IT was sad to hear of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. During my term as Lord Provost I had the opportunity of welcoming His Royal Highness to Glasgow on a number of occasions. Though pleasant and relaxed, I had the impression that these were formal meetings of which the details were quickly forgotten. Not a bit of it.
One year, instead of meeting him in Glasgow I was invited to a function that he was attending in Edinburgh. As he came into the Castle he spotted me in the line-up of guests and came straight over. “What are you
doing here?” he demanded to know. From someone who was meeting hundreds of people every year, I thought that was pretty smart.
Michael Kelly, Former Lord Provost of Glasgow.