IAM sure Len Rushton - "It's time to call it a day" (Letters, January 2) - didn't mean to cause amusement, but, really, he must be joking.

Hands off both our monarchy and, particularly, Coronation Street? How can he possibly link the two? Our monarchy - sadly a bad reflection of our modern throw-away society - is going through a mere hiccup.

Our young royals have let the family business down - a reflection of life for the young in the past two decades.

Very sad, but, in my humble opinion, it can rise again, given public support for our Queen's son. Despite a failed marriage, he is still the man born to be king. I fully support him, foolish though he may have been. Coronation Street is an institution in its own right, Mr Rushton, like it or no. You would cause World War Three if it was to end.

Humour, drama, life, is all there - with acting on a par with the Royal Shakespeare Company of Stratford-upon-Avon. Mr Rushton, you may as well say it's time the Lancashire Evening Telegraph called it a day!

CHRISTINE F WILKIN-WYKE, New Lane, Oswaldtwistle.

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