Minutes of travel expenses of former Duke of York as UK trade envoy withheld from National Archives
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The Cabinet Office has been accused of covering up for the royal family after the release of documents including some relating to travel expenses for the former Duke of York as UK trade envoy were withheld at the last minute.
Files released to the National Archives include documents relating to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a grovelling apology from John Major’s office after an official birthday telegram to the Queen Mother was addressed in an “improper manner”.
But the documents, which are made available to media in advance under embargo, had also included No 10 minutes from 2004 and 2005 on royal visits. These were subsequently withdrawn, the Cabinet Office blaming an “administrative error” as they had never been intended for release.
