These irregularities of judgment, I imagine, are found even in riper minds than Mary Garth's: our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.
The decision to abandon wigs has dismayed traditionalists who argue that they give judges an air of authority and impartiality.
A spokesman said: "The sovereign"s constitutional impartiality is an established principle of our democracy and one which the Queen has demonstrated throughout her reign.