18 SEPTEMBER 1971, Page 22

Sir: The hypocrisy of your magazine continues to amaze me.

You write in your Notebook (September 11) that you now admit that you were wrong to print Tony Palmer's very funny piece about Princess Anne. Why was that? Because a few of your readers have complained?

As for Sally Vincent. At her best she's unreadable and far more spiteful than Mr Palmer ever is. And she's older (I think).

Don't you realize that it's only because of Auberon Waugh and Tony Palmer and a few others like them that your newspaper is worth buying anyway?

John Anscombe 77 Anson Road, London N7.