London: Desire Prince Philip, late husband of Britain Queen ElizabethA judge of the High Court of London ruled, will be sealed to preserve the dignity of the monarch and remain private for at least 90 years.
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to the 95-year-old British monarch for more than seven decades, died at the age of 99 at his wife’s Windsor Castle home west of London on 9 April.
In keeping with a 1910 convention, Andrew MacFarlane, president of the Court’s Family Division, said he agreed that Philip’s will should be sealed “and that no copy of the will should be made for record or should not be kept in court. file”.
He also ruled in favor of a request to “exclude the value of property from the grant of probate.”
“The degree of publicity that the publication would be likely to attract would be too broad and contrary to the purpose of upholding the dignity of the sovereign,” MacFarlane said in a ruling published Thursday.
He said the tradition was that after the death of a senior royal, an application was made to the head of the family division to seal the will, with such hearings and decisions kept private.
However, he said “as is evident from this decision” he believed it was a “necessary and proportionate intrusion into the private affairs of Her Majesty and the Royal Family in order to make public the fact that HRH Prince Philip’s wish to seal the An application … made and given privately, and to explain the underlying reasons”.
The judge said 90 years must elapse from granting probate before the will is privately closed before potential publication, a period he said was “proportionate and substantial”.
He said the first royal whose will was stamped was Prince Francis of Teck, the younger brother of George V’s wife queen mary. He said he was the custodian of a vault containing more than 30 envelopes with the wills of the deceased royals.
The most recent additions were made in 2002 after the death of Queen Elizabeth’s mother, Elizabeth, and her sister Princess Margaret, he said.
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to the 95-year-old British monarch for more than seven decades, died at the age of 99 at his wife’s Windsor Castle home west of London on 9 April.
In keeping with a 1910 convention, Andrew MacFarlane, president of the Court’s Family Division, said he agreed that Philip’s will should be sealed “and that no copy of the will should be made for record or should not be kept in court. file”.
He also ruled in favor of a request to “exclude the value of property from the grant of probate.”
“The degree of publicity that the publication would be likely to attract would be too broad and contrary to the purpose of upholding the dignity of the sovereign,” MacFarlane said in a ruling published Thursday.
He said the tradition was that after the death of a senior royal, an application was made to the head of the family division to seal the will, with such hearings and decisions kept private.
However, he said “as is evident from this decision” he believed it was a “necessary and proportionate intrusion into the private affairs of Her Majesty and the Royal Family in order to make public the fact that HRH Prince Philip’s wish to seal the An application … made and given privately, and to explain the underlying reasons”.
The judge said 90 years must elapse from granting probate before the will is privately closed before potential publication, a period he said was “proportionate and substantial”.
He said the first royal whose will was stamped was Prince Francis of Teck, the younger brother of George V’s wife queen mary. He said he was the custodian of a vault containing more than 30 envelopes with the wills of the deceased royals.
The most recent additions were made in 2002 after the death of Queen Elizabeth’s mother, Elizabeth, and her sister Princess Margaret, he said.
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