UK government will release documents about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy

Lib Dems call for information about process of assigning former prince such a privileged role in 2001

The government will not oppose a move in parliament to compel ministers to release documents about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as British trade envoy.

The trade minister, Chris Bryant, responding to a Lib Dem motion urging that the papers be published, confirmed they would be released but that this would not happen until after the police investigation into the former prince had concluded.