This is a selection of brief reader letters published in the Guardian's Money section, responding to a recent article on the changing nature of the weekend. The letters range from historical reflections on workers' habits to light-hearted comments on current royal and political news, reflecting the paper's regular "Brief letters" format for reader correspondence.

One letter from a historian notes that 19th-century "Saint Monday" – the informal working-class practice of skipping work on Mondays – was often criticised, though an 1860 Birmingham Daily Post correspondent pointed out MPs themselves didn't start Commons business until Thursdays, and labourers still met their targets. Other letters touch on unrelated topics prompted by recent news: who might fund Prince Harry and Meghan's UK security, the resumption of Harry's "beard war" with Prince William, the return of the Premier League and the Sussexes prompting a "collective sigh" from newspapers, and a reminder that Margaret Thatcher was once nicknamed "Lady Dagenham".