Letters From A Tory Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others.

“What is the point of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of someone who is born into a position of privilege, she is a parasite and milks this country for everything she can. She has more front than Margate asking for extra money from the civil list. Maybe she should sell a couple of her properties. Maybe if [...]

“I think it is the hot weather and the Pimms to blame. These things happen. We asked them to put their clothes back on because we do have a dress code”
- a spokesman for Guards Polo Club after three male streakers invaded the pitch during the Cartier International polo event watched by the Prince of Wales

“I don’t want a bloody lecture”
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s reported remark when Jamie Durie, the Australian garden designer, tried to explain to him in detail his exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show

Apparently everyone in the UK is banned from naming the member of the Royal Family at the centre of the ‘gay sex tape’ blackmail plot, but that doesn’t mean I can’t provide a link to their name instead.

Dear Lord Goldsmith,
Sorry but I’m not really sure what you’re getting at.  Making school-leavers swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen is a bizarre suggestion at the best of times, although it highlights some slightly more meaningful issues.
Aiming for more social cohesion is respectable, but I don’t quite see this one panning out.  To suggest [...]

“I thought Eastern women just sit around smoking pipes and eating sweets all day”
- The Duke of Edinburgh after meeting a group of belly dancers

“I would never want to put someone’s life in danger when they have to sit next to the bullet magnet”
- Prince Harry

Dear Allan Mallinson,
Your perspective on Prince Harry’s deployment in Afghanistan was very welcome.  Most newspapers have been too busy swooning about Matt Drudge to look at the whole situation from Harry’s point of view.
When the question of Prince Harry serving in Iraq first came to light, it seemed utterly ridiculous that he could be sent [...]