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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aamna Mohdin

Historians concerned after Queen Elizabeth II’s letters entrusted to aide

Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II. The fear that vital documents might be destroyed or suppressed is not unfounded. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Queen Elizabeth II’s personal letters and diaries should be preserved in full in the National Archives, a leading academic has said.

Paul Whybrew, a retired footman and one of the late queen’s closest aides, has been appointed to sort through her private papers before they are transferred to the royal archive in Windsor, according to the Mail on Sunday.

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