A judge says he made the ruling, in line with other royal deaths, to protect the Queen's dignity.
Sir Andrew said: "I have held that, because of the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice in relation to royal wills.
He said he decided to hold the hearing in private because it would be likely to generate "very significant publicity and conjecture" that would "defeat the purpose of the application". Lawyers for Philip's estate argued that news of the hearing and the application "might generate wholly unfounded conjecture" which would be "deeply intrusive" for the Queen and the Royal Family.
In 2007, a man claiming to be the illegitimate child of Princess Margaret, Robert Andrew Brown, applied to unseal the wills of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret but his claim was struck out as "vexatious and an abuse of process".Wills by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret are among those being held in a safe
Sir Andrew said after 90 years each royal will would be opened and examined by the monarch's private solicitor, the keeper of the Royal Archives, the attorney general and by any personal representatives of the dead person who may still be available.
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