7 JANUARY 1949, Page 21

THE PRINCE

Sut,—The Times uses the neuter pronoun in good company. See St. Luke II, 17: " And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child."—Yours

sincerely, C. PAXMAN TIPTAFT. Ashcroft House, Wentworth, Nr. Rotherham.