PETER MOLLOY took me to task for suggesting the Queen is of German heritage (HAS, May 16).

I wasn’t having a go at the Queen for being German. I was merely pointing out that she comes from German immigrant stock, reaching back to the Hanoverian monarchs of the late 18th Century.

I don’t judge people on the basis of their nationality or ethnic background. If people are to be judged at all, it should be on their character.

Indeed, if we go back far enough we are all immigrants one way or another.

We should all be treated with respect and dignity regardless.

Peter Sagar, Heaton.