We have just celebrated 70 years of marriage and were pleased to receive a card of congratulations to “Mr & Mrs Roger Carter” from the Queen in celebration of our platinum wedding. I wonder if the Queen would consider putting the wife’s name too as a move towards modern times. May I suggest “Joan & Roger Carter”?
Joan Carter
Torrington, Devon
• Now that we have Sue Lister’s opinion (A happy relationship needs three things, Letters, 27 September), can we have Mr Lister’s confirmation that it’s not always a one-way street?
Guru Singh
Loughborough, Leicestershire
• France had the same problem as Britain with tainted blood (Government expresses ‘sorrow and regret’ over infected blood scandal, 27 September). The difference was that the minister was taken to court and was found guilty.
Katerina Porter
London
• It’s just not right when the first thing you hear across the breakfast table on a Saturday morning is your 86-year old mother-in-law gleefully shouting “Gonads!” (Cryptic crossword, 22 September).
Mark Hind
Stocksfield, Northumberland
• Just because the quick crossword is easy, don’t let the values slip. The answer to 11 down, “Astronaut” (26 September), can only be “spaceman” if you discount Valentina Tereshkova, Helen Sharman, Sally Ride…
Fiona Collins
Corwen, Denbighshire
• As an 83-year-old music lover, I am not taking advice from “a 70-year-old granny who plays the ukulele badly” (Letters, 28 September).
Brian Shuel
London
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