HAVING being brought up a loyal subject of her majesty the Queen and retaining that respect all through my life, I must admit I was a bit concerned about The Guardian’s vigorous campaign to let the world see the letters sent to government ministers by Prince Charles. Let’s face it, how many of us would be happy facing such public intrusion into our mail?

To my delight, the Lefties, Champagne socialists and Republicans all licking their lips in hope and anticipation of some bizarre disclosures, were sunk like the French and Spanish ships at Trafalgar, Napoleon at Waterloo or the Third Reich in the Second World War, to mention but a few.

Charles’ letters were polite, firm and exact in detail, although the differentiation in subject was extensive. He cares about his country and its people, and the natural world. He cares about the equipment needed by our boys and girls who hold the defence of the realm in their hands, aptly put by Winston Churchill in one of our darkest hours in 1941: “Give us the tools and we will finish the job.”

The Queen, if all goes well with her robust health, will become our longest reigning monarch this September. Like his mother, he looks like a caring monarch and she will be a hard act to follow. We all must admit Charles’ letters prove there is hope for the future of our monarchy.

Before the bleating, hate-filled anti monarchy brigade put pen to paper, think very, very carefully of the alternative. If it is not broken, why fix it?

BILL WILLIAMS Merlin Way Swindon