AS a life-long supporter of the aristocracy and subscriber to Vanity Fair, I was disappointed and shocked to learn that Rebecca Howard makes her own bed (January 15).

Please ma'am, I urge you, leave those tasks to my ilk who are better suited for them. Teddy bear arranging and power walking round your estate yes, but bed-making no.

Brian McCusker,

Oswalds Road, York.

Updated: 10:36 Thursday, January 17, 2002