A remarkable reign from a brilliant Queen

I was so saddened to hear of the death of the Queen. Her Majesty was truly a remarkable lady who did a wonderful job reigning over our country for 70 years. When she gave her word that she would be Queen for her whole life, she really meant it. God bless her for fulfilling her duties.

D. Courtney, Weston-super-Mare

I was moved by Liz Jones’s article last week in which she wrote about losing her 94-year-old mother in 2014. How you cope may not have anything to do with how old you are and everything to do with the fact that loss at any age is hard. The Queen lived a long life – and had a happy, solid marriage and a lifetime of fun memories. Saying goodbye is never easy.

Amelia Barnes, Clwyd

I have four children and can identify with the Queen in bringing them up. Her Majesty and I went through some troubled times, some anxious ones too, but the difference is that mine weren’t emblazoned across the front pages. The hardest task of being a mother is knowing that sometimes you are never enough, but we had every intention of being great, good and grand. I think the Queen did a good job. May she rest in peace.

Kay Maddocks, Waltham Cross

Seventy years of reigning over the UK and the Commonwealth, the glue that binds together our constitutional system and much, much more: Her Majesty the Queen was the epitome of integrity in everything she did.

Philip Codd, Manchester

The Mail on Sunday’s coverage of the Royals with regard to our late Queen’s sad passing was both informative and appropriately sensitive throughout – exactly what I would expect as a Mail reader of some 60 years. Throughout that time, the Mail has been a quiet influence on my life in much the same way as the benevolent, reassuring guidance and principles Her Majesty imparted to the public throughout her reign.

John Carpenter, Riby, Lincolnshire

I must comment on your reports of the unseemly, anti-British articles published by The New York Times following the death of the Queen. To accuse Her Majesty of having presided over violent colonialism is absurd, as evidenced by the large number of former British territories, which voluntarily joined and remain within the Commonwealth despite having long been independent states. Keeley-Jasmine Cavendish,

London

The cancellation of events following the Queen’s passing is an absurd relic of far more pious times which is completely inappropriate in today’s world.

As a royalist, I would have been pleased to observe a silence for the Queen at the football match I was planning to go to last week. Gerald Tredinnick,

Beckenham, Kent

In response to your article last week about Liz Truss’s overfamiliar faux pas with the new King, I actually believe she showed a real sense of compassion towards a man who had just lost his mother. People need to see the Royal Family as approachable in this day and age if it’s going to survive.

Carla Hudson, Truro

It was an understandable approach, but not appropriate. Neither was the kissing of the new King by members of the public. They wouldn’t have done that to the Queen.

Earle Lynch, Cambridge

I’m sure King Charles was neither horrified nor offended by Liz Truss’s warm gesture. I get the feeling our Royals care less about these protocols than those who wait with bated breath to catch someone committing them.

Glenn Mason, Winchester