14 JANUARY 1995, page 23

Sir: I Bet Most Of Your Growing Band Of Readers

welcomed with relief Lord Char- teris's indiscretions last week: 'The Queen Mother is aware that . . . the Prince and Princess of Wales are going to divorce. She is quite......

Sir: 'not Everyone In The Country Knows What The Guardian

is' (Letters, 31 Decem- ber). Quite so. But everyone at the BBC knows what the Guardian is, because that's where their jobs are advertised. If BBC jobs were sometimes advertised......

Sorry State Of A Fez

Sir: Mr Paul Johnson is mistaken in his belief that the Times 'turned down' the story of Mr Jonathan Aitken having his bill at l'Hotel Ritz paid, at least in part, by a Saudi......

Sir: I Have Met The Duchess Of York Only Once,

and found her sweet and kind and not at all 'vulgar'. I do not think that Lord Charteris was betrayed by your reporter, and I agree with her that he is 'quite wily'. One of the......

Sir: I Suppose That There Could Be A Newspa- Per

proprietor from whom Paul Johnson takes a shilling who actually lives in Britain, but I doubt it. To think that the Murdoch, Black or Rothermere press 'normally' con- vene the......

Another Horse-whipping

Sir: Alan Clark's review of Ginny Dougary's book The Executive Tart, in your issue of 24 September, has recently been shown to me. Last June — I believe with some justification......

Letters Read It Here First

Sir: I do really rather hate the press, except for The Spectator. I read of Noreen Taylor's article on Lord Charteris in the Times before I received my copy of your publica-......