06 Sep Secret Prince Andrew files ‘invites the suspicion that there’s something really terrible in them’
A BAN on the release of official files on Prince Andrew until 2065 will fuel suspicion that “there’s something really terrible in them”, according to Royal correspondent Michael Cole.
He told GB News: “Well, isn’t this absurd? Isn’t it outrageous and even worse, it’s very unwise because by sealing these papers for so long, it invites the suspicion that there’s something really terrible in these papers.
“Let’s remind ourselves that for ten years Prince Andrew, who was then the late Queen’s second son, was acting as a trade envoy on our behalf working for the Department of Trade and Industry going around the world to boost British business and British industry and British commerce.
“Now, what could possibly be controversial about that that it has to be sealed in such a dreadful way?”
In a discussion during Breakfast with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster, he continued: “There were many reports that he was overbearing and rude on these journeys, representing this country on trips that we paid for, the taxpayer, and that is very unfortunate.
“It could be that some of the ambassadors sent reports back to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and they noted this, as they would be obliged to do, and that would be a grave embarrassment.
“I think it’s a great shame. It’s a big mistake. We’re quite used to Royal wills being sealed, we never ever see them, but these secrets, whatever they are, are being suppressed far more rigorously than some of the remaining secrets from the Second World War, things which we still yet we’re not allowed to know about.”
He added: “This must be a more grown-up country. We have to know what’s been done on our behalf that we’ve paid for.”
