Our ducks get the royal treatment too | Brief letters

Duckingham Palace | Child-friendly train travel | Australian Open | Apostrophe confusion | Washing duvet covers

Following the revelation that King Charles’s hens live in Cluckingham Palace (‘I wasn’t going to be diverted,’ says King Charles about campaign on the environment, 28 January), we are proud to reveal that our flock of egg‑laying ducks lives at Duckingham Palace. It has cutout wooden duck silhouettes on the gables, wooden wine boxes for nesting and straw bedding.
Val Bott
Chiswick, London

• Rather than the French train operator SNCF keeping some carriages child-free (Sure, kids can be annoying – but making public spaces ‘child-free’ is wrong, 1 February), it could follow Deutsche Bahn and provide family coaches instead. These bookable spaces offer parents a comfortable journey with their children, among fellow travellers and their families.
Annabel Gibb
York

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