I LISTENED with increasing disbelief as a "comedian" on the telly explained his plans for improving Buckingham Palace.

Visions of chewing gum-encrusted walkways, fast meal remnants, kids on mountain bikes, drunks, layabouts, fag ends and so on, flashed before my eyes.

Its privacy, its mystery even, must remain a major part of its attraction.

Move one brick and Buckingham Palace's age-old majesty has been impaired.

S G T BEARD

Malvern Link.