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Commoners revolt at outdated princes and princesses Commoners revolt over royal wedding invitation
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Considering the Guardian is meant to lean towards egalitarian values, you should have put inverted commas around commoners in the headline “Harry and Meghan invite 2,640 commoners to their wedding” (3 March).Tristan MossYork Considering the Guardian is meant to lean towards egalitarian values, you should have put inverted commas around commoners in the headline “Harry and Meghan invite 2,640 commoners to their wedding” (3 March).Tristan MossYork
• Would that Britain moved into the 21st century and your fine newspaper wouldn’t be writing articles on feminist princesses – surely an absurd anachronism (Gaby Hinsliff, 3 March).Catriona WhittonDunblane, Stirling • Would that Britain moved into the 21st century and your fine newspaper wouldn’t be writing articles on feminist princesses – surely an absurd anachronism (Gaby Hinsliff, 3 March).
• Polly Toynbee (1 March) refers to the “ancient claim” of Irish republicans to the six counties. That ancient claim is only as ancient as is Britain’s occupation of the same six counties. For the record, it is an ongoing claim.Ché McKennaDublin Catriona WhittonDunblane, Stirling
• Almost a week with no letters from “emeriti”. Perhaps we have been licking our wounds. As every classical scholar knows, E means you’re out, and meritus means you deserve it.Very Rev Nicholas Frayling (Dean emeritus), Southsea, Hampshire • Polly Toynbee (1 March) refers to the “ancient claim” of Irish republicans to the six counties. That ancient claim is only as ancient as is Britain’s occupation of the same six counties. For the record, it is an ongoing claim.Ché McKennaDublin
• Re Bruce Holman’s difficulty about the internal combustion engine (Letters, 3 March): amateur car mechanics use SSBB – Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow. Probably wouldn’t have gained him top marks from his schoolteacher.Dr John OsleyAbergele, Clwyd • Almost a week with no letters from “emeriti”. Perhaps we have been licking our wounds. As every classical scholar knows, E means you’re out, and meritus means you deserve it.Very Rev Nicholas Frayling (Dean emeritus), Southsea, Hampshire
• Re Bruce Holman’s difficulty about the internal combustion engine (Letters, 3 March): amateur car mechanics use SSBB – Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow. Probably wouldn’t have gained him top marks from his schoolteacher.Dr John OsleyAbergele, Clwyd
• Mangy Vermin Eat Mice; Jumping Softly Under Nasty Places. The semi-colon is the asteroid belt.Terry LearyRugby, Warwickshire• Mangy Vermin Eat Mice; Jumping Softly Under Nasty Places. The semi-colon is the asteroid belt.Terry LearyRugby, Warwickshire
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• The headline to this article was amended on 5 March 2018.
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