I see the justification given for the royal family getting new helicopters (Report, 24 July) is that they give flexibility and easier access to remote areas. We find our VW campervan does the same – perhaps the king and queen could consider getting one of these instead?
Carol Dunnett
Guildford

Good to hear that so many people love Bamburgh, its beaches and its mighty castle (Bamburgh judged UK’s best seaside destination by Which? readers for fourth year, 19 July). But they should also visit the village’s Grace Darling museum, which celebrates the Northumbrian heroine who braved the waves to rescue the crew of the Forfarshire in 1838. A song in her praise inspired the founding of a small but enthusiastic choir named in her honour.
David Ward
Bollington, Cheshire

Another hated phrase beloved of Tory ministers (Letters, 25 July) was “working at pace”. It was used several times in replies to me by the Home Office when I wrote complaining at its tardiness in resettling Afghans under the euphemistically named “Operation Warm Welcome”.
John Boaler
Calne, Wiltshire

We, too, had a klepto-cat, Coco (Letters, 25 July). Her most awkward trophy was an unidentified person’s note to the milkman, cancelling the milk for the next two weeks.
Andrew Lugton
London