29 MARCH 2008, Page 28

A princely plongeur

Sir: It seems that Prince Charles kept more secrets from Diana than we suspected. She was quite wrong to claim (And Another Thing, 22 March) that he had ‘Never, never, never’ done the washing up. I have myself stood next to him at the capacious scullery sink of a rather grand country house in Aberdeenshire, drying while the Prince plonge-d with enthusiasm and a skill that suggested considerable practice. (True, he was a teenager at the time but it isn’t a skill easily lost.) No doubt he kept his experience quiet in order to allow Diana freedom to indulge her own pleasure without feeling that she was depriving him.

Charles Barron

Aberdeen