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WILL n of the High Court means that sealed . This means its contents ars , joining some 30 other Royal so ordered to be excluded from probate .
bers of the Royal Family is not new first Royal to have the contents of his been commonplace for an application ct it from public scrutiny . The practice dates died suddenly at the age of 40 and whose will ringing the Royal Family into disrepute due to a recedent for applications for wills to be sealed in ument would be ‘ undesirable or inappropriate ’.
, heard the application in private but made the he legal framework and factors considered when cation is publicly available .
rest in the public knowing this wholly private information [ the ly , he set out a process that may lead to sealed wills becoming efinitely Sir Andrew has now held that orders sealing wills of the ed and reviewed by the monarch ’ s private solicitor , the keeper representatives of the late Royal whose will is being un-sealed . es a public document , or it may be sealed again and remain
. do become public documents once probate is granted . While it is fine to ertain person has been left out in a will we often recommend keeping these – Especially if the message or explanation is particularly personal .
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