Posted on 09/16/2021 12:15:42 PM PDT by RandFan
The Duke of Edinburgh's will is to remain secret for at least 90 years to protect the "dignity and standing" of the Queen, the High Court has ruled.
It has been convention for over a century that, after the death of a senior member of the Royal Family, the courts are asked to seal their wills.
It means that, unlike most wills granted probate, it will not be open to public inspection.
There will be a private process in 90 years to decide if it can be unsealed.
The hearing into the application to seal the will was also held in private in July by Sir Andrew McFarlane, the most senior judge in the family courts.
He heard arguments from lawyers representing the duke's estate and the attorney general, the government's chief legal adviser, and published his ruling on Thursday.
Sir Andrew said that as president of the Family Division of the High Court, he is the custodian of a safe containing more than 30 envelopes, each containing the sealed will of a dead member of the Royal Family.
And for the first time in more than 100 years, he set out a process by which those wills could be made public.
Sir Andrew said: "I have held that, because of the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice in relation to royal wills.
"There is a need to enhance the protection afforded to truly private aspects of the lives of this limited group of individuals in order to maintain the dignity of the Sovereign and close members of her family."
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Maybe because of the sums involved could cause a backlash?
In 90 years the British monarchy will have been replaced by a caliphate.
Something embarrassing in it ???
A legacy to an illegitimate child or to an old mistress etc ???
So I can’t tell anybody that Phil willed me his grill? That bites.
I’m guessing secret children.
The male royals are not known for the fidelity.
And the population of the Earth will be maintained at 500 million.
Because the royals don't like scrutiny into their business and the law says they don't have to experience it. Apparantly it's normal for them to do this and has been for a long time, not a special case for Prince Phillip.
That was my guess too, even if not in this case. Certainly there is an historical record of it that drives this ‘tradition’.
Some animals are more equal than others.
Some of the conspiracy groups think that the international drug trade is run by the Queen (and perhaps Henry Kissinger too). Maybe Philip had sole ownership of a Cartel in Columbia and maybe if left it to Harry.
Could be. Some people now refer to London as “Londonistan” due to the great influx of Muslims.
There is also the matter of him supporting fascists, until they declared war against Britain.
What happens at Windsor, stays at Windsor.
I am not sure how that would have anything to do with his will, but ok.
Because they can.
Illegitimate children.
Mistress/es.
Male lovers.
Inheritance tax avoidance.
They’re saying it’s to protect Liz’s dignity.
Snort.
Wonder if the Harkles have anything to do with it...
All of those, for both personal reasons as individuals and to protect the interests of the Crown in its official capacity.
That’s the thing it must be something bad...
Well, one could speculate that this happens. Nobody wants to say it out loud, but would not be shocking to hear that there were secret women in the lives of the royal males.
Then to think of that, it makes me laugh a bit to see Prince Harry. He was in a position in which he could have a selection of women that us mere mortals could only dream of. And he chose Meghan Markle, for some reason.......
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