I SUPPOSE you are to be commended for your restraint and sense of perspective. At least there was no souvenir supplement, only a few headlines and pages with commentary ("Red, white and new: Baby boy for the Duke and Duchess", The Herald April 24).

We should bear in mind, amid the sea of publicity surrounding this one child, that, in the words of the song When a Child is Born, recorded by Johnny Mathis, "All across the land/ Dawns a brand new morn" for many parents on April 23 having a child. There is nothing unique, nor even extraordinary, about what the Cambridges have done.

The Royal Family continues to expand and no doubt will continue to do so, creating more titles in its wake. For the avoidance of any doubt, let me say that I wish the child well. It will be well protected from the slings and arrows of everyday life as an HRH and Prince. Who knows. maybe such trappings will no longer be de rigueur when he reaches the current age of his paternal grandfather.

Ian W Thomson,

38 Kirkintilloch Road, Lenzie.