Letter: Too old to target

WITH REFERENCE to Joan Smith's article on the Queen Mother, "Queen Bee with a very nasty sting" (11 July), my mother at 95 years, coming from a working background, had the same attitude as the Queen Mother. She was from a different age, her thinking not comparable with that of the young of today. I often did not agree with her, but at least I had the courtesy to respect her right to an opinion. I suggest Ms Smith do the same and stop trying to bring into disrepute someone who is in the twilight of her years.

JEAN WILLIAMS

Benfleet, Essex