To the Editor:

Re “Gone With the Windsors,” by Maureen Dowd (column, Jan. 12):

Calling on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to rise above racist taunts as the Obamas did totally misses the sad and tragic point. British tabloids are notoriously vicious and personal, nothing like American newspapers of record. Nobody should be forced to live with such daily abuse.

Princess Diana faced much the same thing, without the racist twist, and found it unbearable. The Windsors did nothing to protect her from the tidal wave of defamatory distortions and outright lies flowing nonstop from these loathsome rags.

Harry believes that his primary duty is to his wife and child, and is drawing the line. Good on him. There are plenty of other Windsors in the immediate line of succession to continue the royal show.

Vaughn A. Carney

Hamilton, N.Y.

To the Editor:

Wouldn’t we all love to be part-time royals as Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, seek to be? Wouldn’t we all love to keep the royal titles, live in glorious housing on the grounds of Windsor Castle and attend only the royal duties we choose?