I WAS very happy to note that the government is to allow British-registered ships' captains the authority to perform weddings on board ship .

I hope Cunard will now join P&0 in bringing the three Queen’s back once again to be proud to sail under the red ensign, and not the defaced Burmudian red ensign.

This small island is one I have fond memories of being stationed there and having our pay made up by the government of Bermuda to meet the high living costs and where I found the inhabitants more British than me.

Philip Pearce-Smith MBE, Holbury