Late Prince Philip’s will to be made public after new legal row?

• The Guardian newspaper has challenged the decision to seal Prince Philip’s will in private.
• The decision was contested at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.
• This may lead to its release, despite Buckingham Palace’s desire to keep it secret from the public for privacy’s sake.

The decision to keep Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburghwill ,’s secret was contested by The Guardian newspaper at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, which may lead to its release despite the Palace’s reluctance, according to The Daily Record.

The longest-serving consort in British history, Philip, passed away at age 99 in April of last year. According to royal custom, the High Court’s President of the Family Division receives a request to seal the will of a senior family member upon their passing.

This implies that a member of the royal family’s will is kept secret from the public; in support of this, the current president, Sir Andrew McFarlane, heard arguments from Prince Philip’s attorneys and the Attorney General, who spoke on behalf of the general public.

The Guardian has now argued that the hearing shouldn’t be held in private, calling it “disproportionate and unreasonable” a year after the initial hearing in July 2021.

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The Guardian newspaper has argued in court that the High Court “erred in failing to consider any lesser interference with open justice than a private hearing from which accredited members of the press should be excluded.” According to The Daily Record, The Guardian’s legal team challenged the decision to keep Prince Philip’s will hearing secret.

“As a result, it was unreasonable and unjustified to hear the plea to seal up the will in private.”

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Lawyers also made an attempt to explain why Prince Philip’s estate was of public interest to the media, claiming that “these are fundamental issues of public interest involving members of the royal family and the Sovereign in a constitutional monarchy.”

The Guardian has not heard any criticism of the choice to encrypt Philip’s will in the past ninety years.