Claiming, as I do, that no one in these islands
has a more genuine or profound respect for the Royal Family than I have, I feel free to express the hope that the Press, particularly the popular papers, will let the Royal-Family alone a little more than they do. I read last Monday descriptions of how the Royal Family had gone to church on the previous day. A similar piece of news appeared a week earlier ; a similar piece will no doubt appear next Monday ; it is the habit of the King and Queen and Princesses—and a very excellent habit—to attend public worship on Sundays. And surely the flow of photographs might be checked a little. Of course, the pictures of the family gathering at Balmoral on Princess Margaret's birthday are delightful and welcome ; so, within reason, are pictures of Princess Elizabeth's children. But for all the attractions of the two Princesses, for all the value of the public services they render, and for all their hold on public regard, it is surely not necessary to publish photo- graphs of them every time they emerge from the seclusion of Buckingham Palace or Clarence House. They do not change from day to day—fortunately—and the papers would do well to recognise that the public cares the more for what is not thrust on it too incessantly. Perpetual pursuit by clicking cameras, more- over, cannot be the most gratifying form of attention.
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