As an increasingly depressed republican, my own moment of “light relief” (Marina Hyde, 16 September) came with the discovery that the Queen’s funeral coincided with International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I hope someone has told Justin Welby. I might watch the event after all.
Karen Barratt
Winchester
• I wonder how many people will lose a day’s pay on Monday, as I did for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981? I’m sure that it will be felt by many, given the cost of living crisis.
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• “Police to deploy 10,000 officers for Queen’s funeral in biggest ever operation” (16 September) – sounds like a good day in London for burglars and other assorted criminals.
Eddie Dougall
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Never mind the contents of Monday’s paper, how can I get one? I rely on my local Tesco Express, which is not opening until 5pm and is not expecting a delivery. The other local option is Waitrose, which is not opening at all.
Rodney Smith
Glasgow
• With Costa and other coffee shops closed for the funeral, what am I to do for my mourning coffee?
Richard Ellerker
Warboys, Cambridgeshire
• “It was simultaneously absurd and magnificent. And surprisingly moving” – thank you, John Crace, for those words (The politics sketch, 15 September). They sum up the past week so well.
David Goddard
Dorchester, Dorset
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