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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Pegg and Rob Evans

Judge was right to ban media from Prince Philip will hearing, court rules

Duke of Edinburgh
The Windsor family has since 1911 managed to exempt itself from provisions in British law that ordinarily require wills of British citizens to be public. Photograph: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images

A judge acted correctly when he decided to hold a secret court hearing in which he banned the public from inspecting Prince Philip’s will, the court of appeal has ruled.

Three appeal court judges ruled that the media did not have the right to attend the hearing or to be notified about it, adding that publicity would have compromised the need to preserve the dignity of the Queen and her family’s privacy.

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