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<strong>Letters: </strong>We should mourn a paragon of duty and devotion, say readers in response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, but also take stock of the role of the monarchy
As he lay in his coffin in a Dublin funeral home earlier this month, Garda Alan Leblique was dressed in his beloved police uniform. The dark trousers he would never let husband Patrick iron because they had to be done in a certain way to ensure there were no creases. His black polished shoes, the neat blue shirt. He always tried to look his best in life, and this was the case in death, too. It was a final nod to the job he loved from the man he planned to share his life with but his tragic death earlier this month brought that enduring relationship to an end.