£30,000 in the bank? That’s not exactly hardship, Laila

I had to smile when reading Financial Mail last week and the answer of actress Laila Rouass (right) when asked: ‘Have you ever struggled to make ends meet?’ Her reply? She was down to her last £30,000 in savings and was working long hours in

Holby City. Struggling to make ends meet is when you have £5 coming in and £6 going out. A £30,000 backstop and a lucrative TV part is not hardship.

Chris Sharp, Leeds

Give us Harry’s deal

You reported last week that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now contributing to the cost of works on Frogmore House, but that it will take 11 years at the current level to repay the £2.4 million cost, without accounting for interest or the running of the cottage. My daughter, working for the NHS and living in a rented flat, would give anything for a deal like that. And I can clearly recall suffering mortgage rates of up to 15 per cent, and really struggling with repayments and an overdraft.

Why do we continue to laud privileged people who do good works from a position of immense comfort and wealth? What’s so special about them?

Peter Bryant, Ramsgate, Kent

Sisters didn’t sin

I couldn’t disagree more with actress Kathy Burke’s experience of attending Maria Fidelis Convent School in North

London and her comment: ‘I remember the nuns used to swear quite a lot… I was called all sorts.’ I was a pupil there between the ages of 11 and

18, around the same time as her. All of the staff were professional and I never heard any of them swear or use bad language.

Angela Pegorini, London

Missed opportunity

Instead of Imperial College London taking sponsorship from Huawei for a new ‘tech hub’, wouldn’t it be nice if some of our wealthy pop stars or footballers invested in it? Sadly, I won’t be holding my breath.

P. Lacy, Nottingham