

Royals, Records and Access Rights: A Very Surprising Story
Follow British biographer Andrew Lownie's work long enough, and you may notice something unusual. For years, Lownie has been raising questions about Britain's government and royal archives that should sound remarkably familiar to records managers. What records exist? Who holds them? How can a researcher discover what an archive has? Why are records closed? Who makes that decision? When should government records be transferred? And under what circumstances can an already-open














