Queen Elizabeth II faces a lawsuit over Prince Philip’s will

Not even a year ago, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband died at the age of 99. The British daily newspaper “The Guardian” is now demanding that the will of the deceased prince should be accessible to the public. A lawsuit is imminent.

Of course, there was public speculation about the royal estate immediately after Prince Philip’s death. “The Mirror” estimates the assets left behind at around 35 million euros. Exactly how this is to be distributed or whether is not known to this day, but would emerge from the will of the deceased. However, the Queen has now put a lid on this source of information. The royal family has the option of applying to a court for the secrecy of a royal’s last will. And that’s exactly what the British royal family did last September.

Prince Philip’s will remains secret for 90 years

Based on this court application, it was decided that the will would remain secret for 90 years and that the negotiations about the inheritance would therefore not become public. Only historians are allowed to inspect the document after 90 years, reports “The Guardian”. However, the British daily is very dissatisfied with this, and now wants to take action to ensure that all of Prince Philip’s testamentary information remains secret. This would mean that the Queen is threatened with a lawsuit because the newspaper sees the secrecy as a “serious interference with the principle of open justice”.

In the last hundred years, 30 other royals have already made use of the request for confidentiality of the will. However, this is only permitted to members of the British royal family, but not to the average British citizen.

Also in the reporting was an appellate judge, Lady Justice Eleanor King, who confirmed that an application for an appeal could be successful: “There could be a good chance that the appellant’s application will be successful.”

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