GORDON Brown blamed his handwriting after apologising to a grieving mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan for errors in a letter of condolence.
The Prime Minister was said to have been “mortified” when told of Jacqui Janes’ distress over the hand-written message, immediately arranging a telephone call last night to say sorry.
She had accused Mr Brown of being “disrespectful” because the message began “Dear Mrs James” and appeared to contain other spelling errors and a visible correction to her son Jamie’s name.
The 20-year-old Grenadier Guardsman was killed by an explosion on October 5.
Mr Brown, who writes personal letters to all bereaved families, said he had not intended to cause any offence and said that he took his responsibility to them very seriously.
