Letter: Divinely wrong

Sir, It is hardly surprising that John Major's election in 1992 was considered unimportant by the American news media (letter, 1 November). Many, probably most, Americans believe the Queen governs Britain.

Only last year a columnist in the Washington Post told that paper's readers that government in Britain is based on "the divine right of kings" and offered a quotation from James I in 1607 to prove it.

GEOFFREY PERRET

Beverley, Humberside