Dire warning
Sir: There has been much speculation upon the dilemma of the Prince of Wales. The suggestion that Henry VIII could divorce two wives and still be king sounds a bit like `Bring back the block'.
Perhaps HRH would do well to think about the situation of King Carol of Rumania who, finding himself in a similar situation, departed Rumania with his mistress, one Mme Lupescu, and the Queen and Prince Michael were left to sort it all out.
The scandals which followed are not without interest, but the upshot of the whole affair was that King Michael lost the throne and has never been able to regain it.
• I don't think King Carol had much fun either, although he did supply the whole of Europe with a good laugh.
Mrs G. Nettleton
19 Glastonbury Grove, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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