A judge had excluded the press, partly because of the privacy of the royal family, and ruled that the contents of the will had to remain out of the public eye for another 90 years. ‘The Guardian’ finds that “unjust”. According to the newspaper, a completely closed session would go against the legal system.
In England it is the rule that a will is made public when someone dies. In this way it can be checked whether the wishes of the deceased are being met.
However, senior judges ruled Friday that the circumstances are “exceptional” and that wills sometimes do not need to be made public. “It is true that the law also applies to the royal family, but that does not mean that the law provides the same outcome in all situations.” Wills of deceased members of the British Royal Family are traditionally kept secret.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died last year at the age of 99. He was married to Queen Elizabeth for 73 years.
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