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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Palmer

Fears grow over censorship of secret Queen Elizabeth and Philip papers

Queen Elizabeth II takes the arm of Prince Philip at Broadlands, a country house in Hampshire
Files are released five years after the death of a member of the royal family. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

Researchers fear that thousands of government documents about the late queen and Prince Philip due for release in the next two years could be censored.

The files are scheduled to be made public in 2026 and 2027, five years after the royal couple’s deaths, and internal discussions have begun in Whitehall about how to process them and what should remain secret.

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