Britain’s royals used obscure legal procedure to hide distant relatives’ wills

Judge reveals identities of more than 30 people whose wills - showing details of their assets - were sealed

Wills detailing the assets of distant relatives of the royal family have been kept secret through an obscure legal procedure, a court document has revealed.

The Windsor family has over the last century managed to exempt itself from a law requiring the wills of British citizens to ordinarily be made public.