Having one’s royal cake and eating it | Brief letters
Meghan Markle visits a community radio station and meets staff on a magazine collective, in response to their invitation. She provides both with masses of invaluable publicity and, it appears, generates a great deal of pleasure. But, oh dear me, the magazine's deputy editor, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, a republican, feels compromised at shaking Meghan's soon-to-be royal hand (Black women are rooting for Meghan Markle, G2, 11 January). There's a term for what you feel, Charlie: it's called having your cake and eating it.
Lesley Kant
Norwich
" So good to read that Apple Europe has "agreed" to pay its tax bill (Apple Europe agrees to pay 137m extra tax, 11 January). And there was me thinking it was compulsory. I don't recall HMRC asking me whether I was agreeable to paying mine this year, but maybe next time?
Gerry Wyld
Slough