90 years old.
This is how long it will take before we can discover the contents of Prince Philip's will.
British High Court Judge Andrew McFarlane has ruled that in order to protect the "dignity" of the Queen of England, as well as her family, it is best to keep the documents confidential.
“I felt that due to the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice regarding royal wills.
It is necessary to strengthen the protection afforded to the genuinely private aspects of the life of this limited group of individuals in order to preserve the dignity of the sovereign and of the close members of her family ”, one can read in the judge's decision, handed down public by the BBC.
Family secrets
It should be noted that Judge McFarlane rendered this decision without having the slightest information on what is contained in Prince Philip's will.
According to Association Press, it has been customary to keep wills sealed for almost a century, when they are generally public in England.
Judge McFarlane is also in charge of the wills of around 30 members of the royal family, such as the Queen Mother Elizabeth, or Elizabeth II's sister, Princess Margaret, both of whom died in 2002.
A few years after the death of the Queen's sister, a man named Robert Brown, claiming to be Margaret's illegitimate son, tried unsuccessfully to get the will published.
Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on April 9.
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