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Mistaken release of historical Andrew documents blamed on 'administrative error'
The Cabinet Office has blamed an "administrative error" after historical royal documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were released by mistake.
A Downing Street file on royal visits, from 2004 and 2005, was briefly shared with journalists under embargo ahead of the annual release of government papers to the National Archives in Kew, west London, under the 20-year rule. It included the minutes of a meeting discussing travel plans for the former prince, who was a trade envoy at the time.
However, the documents were withdrawn and the version sent to the archives for public viewing had these details and others about Andrew redacted. Government records are released to the archives and made public after 20 years.
However, files relating to the Royal Family are regularly withheld under the Public Records Act. The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for transferring the files to the archives, said the royal documents had been handed to journalists unredacted due to an "administrative error.
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