Prince Andrew’s Government files will be kept secret for another 42 years
dailyrecord.co.ukPrince Andrew will have to live to be 105 before Government files on his activities can be released, it has emerged. Royal biographer Andrew Lownie revealed that under an “absurd” rule the files will not be made public until 2065.Members of the Royal Family are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and files involving them are sealed until 105 years from their birth.Lownie made FoI requests to the Foreign Office about trips made by Andrew in his 10 years as a taxpayer-funded trade envoy.He told the Daily Telegraph: “We are in the absurd position that Prince Harry can reveal the most intimate details of royal life from months ago for personal commercial gain yet historians cannot look at files.”He said “many questions remain” about Andrew’s role as a trade envoy” and his links with figures such as Jeffrey Epstein.He said: “There is also a strong public interest in knowing, for example, who is paying for his security now he is no longer a working royal.”The duke stepped back from all royal duties after he paid Virginia Giuffre £12million.She accused him of rape, which he denied. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.
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