I have been privately rebuked for my "bad taste" in adding the quip about Welsh nationalists to my message of sympathy.
It was a calculated risk to bring a little smile to a face or two in this grim time, which I regretted after I pressed the "send".

I publicly apologise for this.

Terry L Marshall B.A.(Law), M.B.Ch.B., F.R.C.Path
Consultant Histopathologist
Rotherham General Hospital, Yorkshire
terry.marshall@rgh-tr.trent.nhs.uk