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Prince Philip’s will is stored inside a secret London safe along with those of 32 other senior members of the royal family, it was revealed Thursday.

The strongbox – which is in the care of High Court judge Sir Andrew McFarlane at the Royal Courts of Justice – holds a unique selection of royal wills dating back to Prince Francis of Teck in 1911.

This includes the final wishes ofQueen Elizabeth’s mother, the late Queen Mother, her sisterPrincess Margaret, and her uncle the Duke of Windsor (also known as King Edward VIII), who abdicated the British throne in December 1936, McFarlane revealed Thursday.

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh pictured 1/6/2020 in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle ahead of his 99th birthday on Wednesday.

“I am now custodian of a safe in which there are over thirty envelopes, each of which purports to contain the sealed will of a deceased member of the Royal Family,” McFarlane stated in September when revealing the existence of the royal safe during a legal battle over the secrecy ofPrince Philip’s last wishes, following hisdeath on April 9. He was 99.

“I can confirm that the earliest such envelope is labeled as containing the will of Prince Francis of Teck,” he added. “The most recent additions were made in 2002 and are, respectively, the wills of Her late MajestyQueen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and Her late Royal Highness Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.”

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Other than learning about whose wills are secreted in the mystery royal safe alongside the Duke of Edinburgh’s, however, there’s very little chance that any of the details contained in the documents themselves will ever be revealed.

During his September ruling, McFarlane stated that the royal family was entitled to an enhanced level of privacy “to protect the dignity and standing of the public role of the sovereign and other close members of her family.”

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He also ruled that applications to have the wills unsealed could only take place after 90 years, adding that any claims submitted prior to that date were “highly likely to fail in the absence of a specific, individual or private justification relating to the administration of the deceased’s estate.”

“In short,” he added, “the publication of the list is intended to be an end in itself, in order to achieve transparency, and nothing more.”

Full List of wills kept inside the secret royal safe1. Prince Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick of Teck

  1. Alexander William George, Duke of Fife

  2. Prince Morris Victor Donald of Battenberg

  3. Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

  4. Lord Leopold Louis Mountbatten

  5. Helen Frederica Augusta, Duchess of Albany

  6. Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian

  7. Princess Frederica Sophia Maria Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Great Britain

  8. Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal

  9. Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary

  10. Queen Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria of Norway

  11. Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught

  12. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll

  13. Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught

15.Prince GeorgeEdward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent

16.Princess BeatriceMary Victoria Feodore of Battenberg

  1. Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Berth, Countess of Southesk

  2. Princess Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena

  3. Queen Mary

  4. Princess Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Maria Christiane

  5. Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edivina Louise, Princess Arthur of Connaught

  6. Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Princess Royal

  7. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

24.Prince WilliamHenry Andrew Frederick of Gloucester

  1. Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Duke of Windsor

  2. Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay

  3. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester

  4. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

  5. Princess Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline, Countess of Athlone

  6. Prince Georg Valdemar Carl Axel of Denmark

  7. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

32.Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

source: people.com