Sir, – Describing herself to Oprah Winfrey on International Women’s Day, the Duchess of Sussex said, “I’ve been a waitress, an actress, a duchess, a princess.”
Is gendered language back in fashion? – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
Gaoth Dobhair,
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Co Dhún na nGall.
Sir, – Allegations of racism in an archaic institution which prohibits a Roman Catholic becoming monarch? – Yours, etc,
KEITH NOLAN,
Carrick-on-Shannon,
Co Leitrim.
Sir, – On Monday night, RTÉ broadcast a lengthy interview with a young married couple, filmed in the gardens of their $14 million mansion in California, in which they spoke movingly about the distress they’ve faced since their family in London cut them off financially, forcing them to suffer the indignity of having to work for a living.
Perhaps RTÉ felt that Irish viewers would be heartened to know that first-time buyers in California have to struggle along just as much as those here at home? – Yours, etc,
THOMAS
RYAN, BL
Dublin 6W.
Sir, – How much of my TV licence fee did I unknowingly pay to CBS and to Oprah Winfrey to see a sneak preview of a future episode of The Crown? – Yours, etc,
MARY
MORRISSEY,
Castletownbere,
Co Cork.
Sir, – Any right-thinking person will decry racism in any form. But the apparent shock that it should lurk in the British Royal family surprises me.
The very notion of royalty is based on the premise that we are not all equal, and that some are superior to others by right of their bloodline.
This belief is a bedfellow of the racist’s creed that some are less by virtue of their origin or skin colour.
Time to say goodbye to all these antiquated and morally reprehensible tenets. – Yours, etc,
CHRIS RYAN,
Bray,
Co Wicklow.
Sir, – The British and especially the English are fine with a bit of establishment racism, misogyny, brutality and elitism. Let’s face it, they accept it from the government, so why not the royal family.
Nothing to see here. – Yours, etc,
AMANDA
BAKER,
Edinburgh.
Sir, – Leavers. – Yours, etc,
NIALL COOPER
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.