Your description of Princess Anne in Pass notes (4 December) did not mention her role as patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, which she carries out to the full by turning up, fair weather and foul, singing Flower of Scotland at the international matches, even more boldly when it’s against England. She can stay after independence – and I write as a republican.
John McInally
Brussels, Belgium
• As Oscar Wilde might have put it: “To reject one interview may be regarded as neatly side-stepped, but to reject two suggests an ulterior motive” (Johnson avoiding ‘question of trust’ by turning down Neil interview, 6 December).
Gary Bennett
Exeter
• What Nancy Banks-Smith said, as I recall, was that it’s time to retire when you can’t put your socks on standing up (Letters, 5 December). Can Boris Johnson, I wonder?
Gillian Bassett
Great Barford, Bedfordshire
• Intrigued by the descriptions of the Nato summit as being “in London” in the Guardian (Report, 5 December) but in or near Watford in other media, I looked up the venue. It is actually in the parish of Sarratt. Are John le Carré fans running Nato? What are they trying to tell us?
Richard Kelly
Letchworth, Hertfordshire
• In “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” (Letters, 3 December), the last word should be spelt dam, a worthless Indian copper coin. The phrase comes from the days of the British Raj and has nothing to do with damnation. Most numismatists are aware of this.
Tom Eden
Heyshott, West Sussex
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