1 OCTOBER 1965, Page 12

King Hal's New Crown

SIR,—Mr. Knox Cunningham in his letter (Septem- ber 17) about the pigeons losing their safe seats at Westminster shows unnecessary concern that King Hal's living 'crown' has been replaced by bird- repellent jelly.

I am sure that this monarch, together with his many consorts around New Palace Yard, who had been 'getting the bird,' would rather have this pro- tection than suffer the indignity of repeated 'crown- ing' by the feathered friends. And I am sure it would appeal to him to know that it took a fire engine's turntable ladder to enable the pest control people to rise to his own exalted position.

P. L. G. HATEMAN

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