SIR – At an age when most people put their feet up our indefatigable Queen continues to diligently serve the nation as she has done for over 60 years.

However, in his latest missive (T&A, July 23) David Hornsby gives the impression that the British public want to elect a head of state of their own choosing, but that’s a figment of his imagination as a poll in the Telegraph & Argus showed that an overwhelming majority wished to retain the status quo.

Republican David Hornsby and those of that ilk are on a hiding to nothing if they believe they can influence right-thinking citizens by excoriating the monarchy.

David Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford