Robert Brown, who unsuccessfully stood for the States in 2004, wants access to the princess’s will to see if he is mentioned. Although wills are usually public documents once probate is granted, those made by members of the Royal Family are not published under a century-old convention. Lawyers for the executors of the Queen’s sister, who died in 2002, argued that Mr Brown’s claim was frivolous and lacked any supporting evidence. They said that he had no legal right to unseal the will and there would be ‘anarchy’ if he was given access. ‘This week Mr Brown: next week Mr White, Mr Pink and Mr Green,’ argued Frank Hinks, QC, for the executors of the will. Mr Brown believes that he could be the son of the princess and Group Capt Peter Townsend, with whom she had a brief romance in the 1950s.
