Secret hearing over Prince Philip's will was wrong, UK court told

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of the Britain's Prince Philip during his funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - It was wrong to hold a secret hearing which decided that the will of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's late husband, should be sealed and kept private for 90 years, lawyers for a newspaper told the Court of Appeal in London on Wednesday.

Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died in April last year aged 99 at Windsor Castle after more than seven decades of marriage to the queen.