Its amazing! Just when you think that someone will never say or do anything that you can identify with, they go and do just that. As a contemporary of Prince Charles, over the years I have watched a large section of the media develop into a monstrous travesty of what a free-press should represent. Prince Charles is free to think and say what he likes and I personally would have liked to see him approach the reporter concerned and ram his feelings down his throat. Keith Downer, London

Poor Charles! Perhaps he should get a job in a "sweatshop" call centre, and find out what's it's like to have to be polite and courteous to the public from morn till night, five days a week - and all for a pittance. Better still - why doesn't he hand his notice in and start earning his own living like the rest of us? But then again, does he actually have any skills to offer the country he sponges off in such a lavish and cavalier manner? Edwina Field, Tunbridge Wells

He has been a public figure all his life and knows the rules. The BBC has given him a far easier ride than the tabloids over the years so to single out the BBC correspondant who asked a perfectly innocuous question was unmerited, stupid and downright rude. He should retire to his garden in Glocestershire and let William get on with it. He clearly has better manners than his father. Elisabeth Hedley, Solihull

The British Press and the media generally appear to be suffering from a massive collective delusion. How can anyone be surprised at the Prince of Wales entirely justified irritation? It has literally been years since I have read anything remotely positive regarding him and he is criticised at every single opportunity. The press have made a mockery of the famed British insistence on fair play. It appears that most Britons have soap opera minds fed by the trashy tabloids. His public engagements for 2004, incidentally, were 1050 and up 47 per cent per cent from 2002 - not that you lot even noticed. David Timms, Johannesburg

Unreasonable. The ammount of media scrutiny the Prince of Wales and his family has to put up with is terrible and it must be very frustrating for them but they are the Royal family afterall. They are quite happy to enjoy the holidays and the privileges that go with their position - smiling for a few photos in return is not a lot to ask. Name and address withheld

I can understand and sympathise with his frustration. But frankly dealing with the press is something he cannot avoid. This five minute photo shoot is a reasonably painless exercise. The Prince's comments were over the top, and I am sure he would admit it. A bad hair day. Let it pass. Peter Smith, Paget, Bermuda

Doubtless those who critise Price Charles and suggest that William should be king would similarly criticise him should this happen. They will certainly comment on his choice of wife in due course. Frankly it is none of their business. Who would swap places with a royal for a minute? The reality is that they are lumbered with the job and have no realistic chance of avoiding it. For me, the "privilege" of opening endless hospitals etc would hardly compensate for endless press intrusion, most of whom look and behave like a bunch of pimps. I know - I've seen them. Martin Scrivens, CroydonHis comments were arrogant and ignorant. How dare this man, who has never done a days work in his life (and don't give me nonsense about his charity "work"), pass critical judgement in public on those who work to ensure that his outdated and irrelevant lifeline is kept in the public eye. Nicholas Witchell is one of this country's finest journalists, a man who, before becoming Royal Correspondent, put his own life in danger on several occasions to bring the British people the news. For Charles to pass withering criticism on him is nothing short of disgraceful and those who seek to defend Charles should hang their heads in collective shame. Morag Dalziel, Glasgow