26 FEBRUARY 1994, Page 29

Probably

Sir: Could Harold Macmillan's penchant for travelling by public transport (M. L. de Zulueta, Letters, 19 February) be explained by the fact that, as a director of a pre-1948 railway company, he was entitled to free first-class travel for the rest of his life?

C. N. Middleton

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