Thinking of England
Sir: Auberon Waugh suggests that the Princess of Wales's unhappiness was the cause, not the effect, of her husband's adul- tery (Another voice, 30 January). What is certain is that from the first week of his engagement the Prince let the whole world know that by marrying a very beautiful girl he was making a great sacrifice to patriotic `I'd like to test-drive the 9.15 to Kings Cross, please.' and family duty. If he had said, like Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, 'The things I do for England!', he could not have made his attitude clearer.
How would you expect a spirited, beauti- ful, nobly born young woman, after the anaesthetic effects of first love had worn off, to respond to that? For myself, I find it far easier to forgive the Prince for his alleged adultery than for being a graceless, conceited, sulky oaf.
David Watkins
70 Pendyrys House, Mortimer Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff
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