15 APRIL 1978, Page 17

Sir: In your leading article of 8 Aprilyou gravely rebuke those journals which 'hound' Princess Margaret. May I remind

Y°uof your own pioneer contribution to this campaign? Some weeks ago you published what purPorted to be a review, by Mr Alastair Forbes, of Group-Captain Townsend's book. In fact, from start to finish (a long and tedious journey through tangled thickets of barbarous prose) it was simply a gratuitous attack on Princess Margaret. Hugh Trevor-Roper Chiefswood,

Melrose,

Roxburghshire