REGARDING your story (LET, April 8) about plans for a Royal yacht to replace Britannia at a cost of £63 million, surely there is no need for this extravagance.
It is a scandal that this money cannot be put to a better use. For one thing, the Royal yacht will spend more time at anchor than in use. Our hospitals are strapped for cash and the public is expected to raise funds for scanners, etc. It is high time that the money was put to better use.
J F SMITH (Mr), Leeds Close, Blackburn.
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