7 AUGUST 1999, Page 24

Good hair day

From Mr R.S. Hunt Sir: You call for a hundred pens to defend the reputation of the Countess of Wessex (Leading article, 31 July). You will find a dozen or so of them used already to form a hair decoration in the Hello! magazine cover photograph of the aforementioned lady.

R.S. Hunt

6 Alford Road, Stockport, Cheshire