WITH reference to Barbara Pettitt’s letter (Let Them Pay For It, The Press, May 14), and the cost of protecting the two princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

If Beatrice had kept that ridiculous hat she wore for the royal wedding instead of putting it on eBay, she would have been able to pick up the SAS, FBI, Mossad and all emergency services worldwide.

And I certainly agree with Barbara about their mother losing her Duchess of York title. Perhaps Essex would be more appropriate?

Did you hear her on TV moaning about not being asked to the wedding, saying: “I wanted to be there to dress my girls.”

When I saw their truly appalling outfits, I thought she already had.

Cynthia Glasby, Southfields Road, Strensall, York.