JULIAN COLE says in his column of September 11 that he just cannot be bothered to do a bad-tempered Republican jig and demand the Royals be abolished.

Well if you read the whole column, in a roundabout way he does just that.

If Mr Cole has no interest in the Royals, why write about them at all? As a man, what does he know about how debilitating morning sickness can be? And what he says about Nicholas Witchell is just bile.

As far as the Royals are concerned, they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. So, Mr Cole, just be pleased you can say and do what you like without it being blazoned all over the press and TV.

Maureen Robinson, Broadway, York.