Royal baby may be privileged, but it will also have heavy responsibilities
ALTHOUGH I do not agree with Ian W Thomson's republican view (Letters, December 6) I defend his right to voice it.
ALTHOUGH I do not agree with Ian W Thomson's republican view (Letters, December 6) I defend his right to voice it.
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However he seems to wish to ignore the fact that in referring to the "privilege, indulgence, and preferential treatment" into which the child of the Duchess of Cambridge will arrive, these are all relative terms. Some people living in the more deprived areas of Scotland would undoubtedly note that both he and I are privileged to live in very desirable areas of the country and we were able to exercise our own personal preferences and decisions in this indulgence.
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Royal baby may be privileged, but it will also have heavy responsibilities
ALTHOUGH I do not agree with Ian W Thomson's republican view (Letters, December 6) I defend his right to voice it.
However he seems to wish to ignore the fact that in referring to the "privilege, indulgence, and preferential treatment" into which the child of the Duchess of Cambridge will arrive, these are all relative terms. Some people living in the more deprived areas of Scotland would undoubtedly note that both he and I are privileged to live in very desirable areas of the country and we were able to exercise our own personal preferences and decisions in this indulgence.
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