There is a confirmed trove of sensitive files concerning Prince Andrew’s relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the UK government has just sealed it until 2065.

The revelation came via a Freedom of Information request made by royal biographer Andrew Lownie according to the Evening Standard. It’s hard to construe the move as anything other than a coverup for Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, by the Royal Family.

That means that Prince Andrew, now 63 years old, will be long dead by the time the files are made public.

Although the biographer considers himself to be a monarchist, he also believes that this will cause suspicions about the Royal Family. He also asserts that a “culture of secrecy” shrouds royal correspondence.

It means the documents will likely not be made public during the lifetime of the Duke – who is currently 63 years old, and would be 105 in 2065 https://t.co/ryGWubNw2t

— Evening Standard (@EveningStandard) September 4, 2023

“Members of the Royal family are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act but I would hope with a new reign that only pertinent FOI exemptions such as national security, relations with another country, information given in confidence, etc. will be applied alongside data protection considerations,” Lownie told the Telegraph in an interview.

“The delays in release create a vacuum for speculation and fantasists; their release would go some way to restoring trust in institutions, not least the monarchy,” the biographer pointed out.

“We are in the absurd position that Prince Harry can reveal the most intimate details of royal life from months ago for personal commercial gain and Royal households currently brief against each other, yet historians cannot look at files. It is extraordinary that files relating to Prince Andrew, the subject of my next biography, will be closed until 2065,” he asserted.

He claims “many questions remain” regarding Andrew’s former role as a trade envoy. The prince was the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment between 2001 and July 2011.

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Andrew Lownie, a biographer working on a book covering Prince Andrew, claims The United Kingdom’s Foreign Office shall not release its files on the Duke of York’s time as Special Representative for International Trade until 2065. Prince Andrew would be 105 years… pic.twitter.com/EeF9ZGPghi

— Epstein, Epstein! Read all about it! (@TasteSubjective) September 4, 2023

But his biggest questions have to do with billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Following his relationship with the notorious pedophile and sex trafficker surfacing in a disastrous Newsnight interview, Andrew was forced to step down from his public duties.

“In 2012, photos showed Prince Andrew walking through New York’s Central Park with Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke had reportedly been staying at Epstein’s New York mansion. The financier had been jailed two years earlier for soliciting prostitution from minors and served 13 months,” the Evening Standard reported.

“There is also a strong public interest in knowing, for example, who is paying for [Prince Andrew’s] security now he is no longer a working royal,” Lownie further told the Telegraph.

Maybe if the Epstein client list had been released, people like Prince Andrew wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a child…

But the government doesn’t care about children, it only cares about protecting the political class.

— Chase Geiser (@realchasegeiser) September 3, 2023

British records are normally kept secret for 20 years after they are transferred from the government to The National Archives at Kew. But this goes far beyond that.

“Some information is being withheld under Section 37 (Communications with Her Majesty and honours), section 40 (Personal Information) and section 41 Information Provided in Confidence exemptions,” the government replied to Lownie when he asked for an explanation according to the Evening Standard.

It’s also very curious that amid those records being sealed Andrew appears to be returning to his family’s good graces.

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