I WATCHED with interest the BBC's TV Panorama programme about whether Camilla Parker-Bowles should ever be queen.

I don't think so. The one thing a royal family provides which you don't get with a republic is continuity, presidents come and go.

But if the law is changed to allow Prince Charles to marry a divorced woman and also be king, what is there to stop future kings and queens from divorcing and re-marrying several times?

Then the continuity will be lost.

Surely, Camilla can be given a title as befits her as the future king's companion.

Then Prince Charles can have his cake and eat it. He just won't get the king!

C DEAN (Mrs), Borrowdale Avenue, Blackburn.