Posted on 09/05/2023 12:22:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
Secret files relating to the disgraced Prince Andrew, the Royal connected to child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, will be locked away until 2065.
Unless Prince Andrew lives until 105, he will likely be dead by the time the files are released.
The restrictions came to light after historian Andrew Lownie requested access to them for an upcoming biography on the British royal family member.
Last year, Andrew paid £12 million (around $15 million) to Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault while she was 17 and underage.
As The National Post reported, the denial of access forms part of a general rule that documents concerning the royal family must remain hidden from public view until 105 years after the person’s birth to protect family members from scrutiny and even “preserve the mystique.”
Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), documents relating to the Royal household are exempt.
The Information Rights Unit of the Foreign Office said an exemption to releasing information relating to communications with, or on the behalf of, the late Queen was “absolute,” the independent reports.
In a copy of the FOI letter, seen by the paper, the Government said in relation to the release: “Some information is being withheld under Section 37 (Communications with Her Majesty and honours), section 40 (Personal Information) and Section 41 Information Provided in Confidence exemptions,” The Daily Mail reports.
“This culture of secrecy is often the default position,” argued Lownie.
“It does seem quite extreme.”
“We are in the absurd position that Prince Harry can reveal the most intimate details of royal life from months ago for personal commercial gain and Royal households currently brief against each other, yet historians cannot look at files,” Lownie added.
I wish the journalist had bothered to think and be more factual. Unless Andrew lives to 105 he will be dead.
P Andrew 105 when the files are opened?
I’ll be 125. Well, at least my bones will be!
We all realize that sealing those files confirms Andrews innocence. Don’t we?
They will become like the JFK Files.
Keep moving the goal posts.....................
I’d bet if King Charles wanted those files released to the public, they could be made available that afternoon.
Government likes to hide behind rules and procedures, but government also created all of those rules and procedures and has the power to get rid of them.
Lownie, you and anyone not in the royal family or court are feudal plebes. So, sit down, shut up, have another pint, and don’t even think about hunting the king’s deer.
Charles just wants it to go away......
If they executed the royals could they release the files then?
;-)
His mum also just wanted it to go away. If the British public were to somehow make it enough of an issue that the monarchy had to answer, he would ultimately be powerless to stop it.
Fortunately for him though, sex trafficking isn't a priority for most Britons.
They may be sealed in the UK but how about in the USA??
Hopefully the monarchy in the UK will be dead before the files are released. The whole lot of them are pathetic, including Charles.
All this means is that the worst of what we already think about him is true.
So Prince Andrew has filed some kind of motion to be locked away from the public until 2065?
I guess by then it might be safe for Andrew to be unlocked. He’ll be pretty harmless by then.
And I thought (as we were taught in school) that the British royals weren’t “the government” anymore. Just ceremonial stuff to bring in the tourist dollars.
WTH.
-PJ
I saw a flight list of names that listed Charles too. Why is he being spared?
“Prince Andrew Files to be Locked Away from the Public until 2065”
ok, so, I miss read this headline and thought Andrew filed to be locked away from the public.....like admitting he had serious issue and somehow agreed to it.
I’ll let anyone who reads this comment have a chuckle at my mistake.
Our Deep State is refusing to allow Harry’s visa paperwork to be FOIA’d.
Epstein was likely working for one of more Deep States.
I don’t see any of this getting out until we get our republic back, the UK sends their Deep State packing, or somebody with a yuge set of clangers leaks the info.
The joke has always been on us.
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