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SIR – Although a republican, I shall miss the Duke of Edinburgh. He was an example to the rest of us and an impossible act to follow.
The Queen deserves our sympathy for her loss, and gratitude for her unique double act with the Duke on the world stage for nearly 70 years.
Dominic Shelmerdine
SIR – How very sad that the Duke of Edinburgh should have died so close to his 100th birthday.
Having twice been president of the MCC, it would have been so nice if he had managed just one more single to get to a very well-deserved ton.
Kim Potter
SIR – Your Leading Article (December 16) is absolutely right.
Trust in people’s common sense. The vast majority will do what is right. The usual suspects will be irresponsible regardless.
John Taylor
Purley, Surrey
SIR – They break the rules; you bend the rules; I have a very good reason for what I am doing.
Kate Wylie Carrick
SIR – You report that two leading medical journals have criticised the Government’s stance on Christmas.
Readers should understand that the Health Service Journal is actually a magazine for NHS managers. The British Medical Journal, meanwhile, is partly a peer-reviewed publication, but in recent years has also published political comment. Most of this has been critical of government policy (no matter which party is in power), and both journals could be said to share the view that the NHS runs the country.