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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHANCERY DIVISION
The Vice Chancellor Sir Richard
Scott in Chambers
Friday the 19th day of December
1997
IN THE MATTER of the estate of Diana,
Princess of Wales deceased
BETWEEN
(1) HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLIAM
ARTHUR PHILIP LOUIS of WALES (a minor)
(2) HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE HENRY
CHARLES ALBERT DAVID of WALES (a minor)
Plaintiffs
and
(1) THE HONOURABLE FRANCES RUTH
SHAND KYDD
(2) THE HONOURABLE LADY ELIZABETH
SARAH LAVINIA McCORQUODALE
Defendants
ORDER
UPON the application of the Plaintiffs
by Originating Summons
AND UPON HEARING Counsel for the
Plaintiffs and for the Defendants
AND UPON READING the documents recorded
on the Court File as having been read
AND UPON the First Defendant by
her Counsel consenting to the terms
of this Order in her capacity as a
person interested in the said estate
by reason of a partial intestacy
AND UPON the First Defendant by
her Counsel undertaking to join in
an election to claim the benefit of
section 142(1) of the Inheritance
Tax Act 1984 and section 62(6) of
the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act
1992 for the terms of the Arrangement
in the Schedule to this Order in her
capacity as a person beneficially
interested in the said estate
AND UPON the Court being satisfied
that the terms of the Arrangement
(as defined below) are for the benefit
of the minor Plaintiffs
AND UPON the Court being of the
opinion that sufficient cause is shown
within the meaning of section 1(1)
of the Judicial Trustee Act 1896 for
the appointment hereinafter made and
that no security need be given in
respect of that appointment
IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. In this Order the following expressions
bear the meaning hereby assigned to
them:
| "the Estate'' |
means the above recited estate |
| "the Will'' |
means the last Will of Diana,
Princess of Wales dated 1st' June
1993 as varied by a codicil (''the
Codicil") dated 1st February 1996 |
| "the Executors" |
means the Defendants and The
Right Reverend and Right Honourable
Richard John Carew Chartres, Bishop
of London |
| "the arrangement" |
means the Arrangement set out
in the Schedule to this Order |
| "the Intellectual Property Rights" |
means all of the following rights
and interests which are or may
hereafter become rights or interests
owned by the Estate namely all
intellectual property rights and
interests whether legal equitable
or otherwise in or relating to
such rights whether joint or sole
including but not limited to the
following, namely: |
(1) copyright in any literary
artistic photographic or other work
film sound recording or matter of
any nature whatsoever and rights in
or relating to any designs,
(2) performers' rights and related
rights,
(3) trade or service marks and
any goodwill, the rights to prevent
passing off and similar actionable
representations and any like right
or interest, including rights to
prevent or object to the registration
or use of any trade or service mark,
name or other sign, and the rights
to prevent unfair competition.
(4) moral rights whether so called
under the laws of the United Kingdom
or otherwise, rights of publicity,
privacy or personality, rights in
or relating to the name, appearance,
likeness, reputation, voice or any
other characteristic or feature
of Diana Princess of Wales,
(5) rights in or relating to any
confidential information (whether
in writing or not),
(6) rights to prevent any person
from using or claiming any interest
in any sign, mark, name or other
thing arising out of the name, status
or position of Diana, Princess of
Wales,
(7) all rights similar, related
to or equivalent to any of the above,
(8) all rights to take proceedings
and any other action whatsoever
in respect of any intellectual property
rights (including the rights referred
to in subparagraphs (1) to (7) above)
and any accrued rights of action,
in each case whether such rights
or interests are registered or unregistered,
whether arising under the laws of
the United Kingdom or of any other
country in the world, whether such
rights or interests exist or are
created in the future and including
any renewals extensions or revivals
of any such rights or interests
2. The Arrangement is approved on
behalf of the Plaintiffs pursuant
to section 1 of the Variation of Trusts
Act 1958.
3. The Right Reverend and Right
Honourable Richard John Carew Chartres,
Bishop of London ("the Judicial Trustee")
is appointed pursuant to section 1(1)
of the Judicial Trustee Act 1896 to
be an executor of the Will jointly
with the Defendants.
4. Subject to further Order the
Judicial Trustee shall be under no
obligation to furnish annual accounts
to the Court.
5. All the assets of the Estate
presently vested in the Defendants
as executors of the Will, or to the
benefit of which they are presently
or prospectively entitled in that
capacity shall vest in the Defendants
and the Judicial Trustee jointly to
be held by them upon the trusts of
the Will as varied by this Order and
without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing this vesting order
shall comprehend
(1) The right to sue for
and recover any thing in action or
any interest in respect thereof including
without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing all existing and
future causes of action and all other
entitlements arising out of or in
respect of the Intellectual Property
Rights
(2) The rights of the Defendants
to assign, licence, sublicence,
grant rights to sue in respect of,
make applications for, prosecute
the application for, register, oppose
the registration by others of, enforce,
or otherwise deal with the Intellectual
Property Rights in any manner whatsoever
(3) The right to possession of
all chattels
(4) The right to transfer all
stock shares and other investments
and the right to receive all dividends
and other income or capital accruals
in respect thereof.
6. The Defendants shall cause to
be endorsed on the grant of Probate
of the Will and Codicil, as and when
granted, a Memorandum of this Order.
7. The Defendants are authorised
and directed to elect to claim the
benefit of section 142(1) of the Inheritance
Tax Act 1984 and section 62(6) of
the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act
1992 for the terms of the Arrangement
both on their own behalf as executors
and on behalf of the Plaintiffs.
8. All the costs incurred by the
next friend of the Plaintiffs since
30th October 1997 in representing
the Plaintiffs' interests in connection
with the administration of the estate,
including the costs of and incidental
to this application (and including
the costs incurred in the preparation
and negotiation of the Arrangement)
shall be taxed on the indemnity basis
unless agreed with the Executors and
paid out of the estate in the course
of administration. The hearing of
this originating summons is certified
fit for three Counsel for the Plaintiffs.
THE SCHEDULE
THE ARRANGEMENT
As from the date of this Order the
Estate shall be administered and the
trusts of the Will executed on the
footing that the deceased died leaving
a will and codicil in the terms of
the Will and Codicil but subject to
the following modifications to the
Will.
Clauses 4 to 7 inclusive and Clause
10 and the Schedule to the Will shall
be deleted and replaced by the following
provisions. Clauses 8 and 9 of the
Will shall be renumbered 14 and 15
4.
(1) I bequeath to my butler
Paul Burrell the sum of £50,000 free
of inheritance tax.
(2) I bequeath to my Executors
jointly free of inheritance tax
the chattels described in Part I
of Appendix I below to be held by
them upon trust within 12 months
of the date of my death to distribute
all or such of the said chattels
as they may in their absolute discretion
select among such one or more of
my Godchildren (whose names appear
in Part II of Appendix I) as my
Executors may in their absolute
discretion think fit.
(3) In the execution of the power
conferred by sub-clause (2) above
my Executors shall be entitled to
rely on the receipt of a parent
or guardian of any Godchild who
is a minor.
(4) All expenses for the sate
custody of and insurance incurred
prior to their distribution of the
said chattels and for packing transporting
and insurance for the purposes of
deliver to the respective recipients
of any chattels distributed shall
be borne by my residuary estate.
(5) Any of the chattels referred
to in the previous subclause which
have nor been distributed within
12 months of the date of my death
shall be held by my Executors on
the trusts of the Residuary Fund,
as defined below.
5.
(1) I bequeath to my Trustees
(as defined below) free of inheritance
tax the assets described below as
comprising the Discretionary Fund
to be held by them upon the trusts
and with and subject to the powers
and provisions hereinafter declared.
(2) In this clause the following
expressions bear the meanings assigned
to them below:
| "my Trustees" |
means the persons appointed
by this Will or any codicil thereto
to be my Executors, together with
the Right Reverend and Right Honourable
Richard John Carew Chartres, Bishop
of London or other the trustee
or trustees from time to time
of the Discretionary Fund |
| "Charity" |
means any trust or body corporate
whose objects are exclusively
charitable according to the law
of England and Wales |
| "Charitable Object" |
means any object exclusively
charitable according to the law
of England and Wales |
| "The Intellectual Rights" |
means all of the following rights
or interests to which I am or
may become entitled or which may
accrue to my estate after my death
namely all intellectual property
rights and interests whether legal
equitable or otherwise in or relating
to such rights whether joint or
sole including but not limited
to the following namely
(1) copyright in any
literary artistic photographic
or other work film sound recording
or matter of any nature whatsoever
and rights in or relating to
all designs,
(2) performers' rights and
related rights,
(3) trade or service marks
and any goodwill, the rights
to prevent passing off and
similar actionable representations
and any like right or interest,
including rights to prevent
or object to the registration
or use of any trade or service
mark, name or other sign,
and the rights to prevent
unfair competition,
(4) moral rights whether
so called under the laws of
the United Kingdom or otherwise,
rights of publicity. privacy
or personality, rights in
or relating to my name, appearance,
likeness, reputation, voice
or any other of my characteristics
or features
(5) rights in or relating
to any confidential information
(whether in writing or not),
(6) rights to prevent any
person from using or claiming
any interest in any sign,
mark, name or other thing
arising out of my name, status
or position as Diana, Princess
of Wales,
(7) all rights similar,
related to or equivalent to
any of the above,
(8) all rights to take proceedings
and any other action whatsoever
in respect of any intellectual
property rights (including
the rights referred to in
sub-paragraphs (1) to (7)
above) and any accrued rights
of action,
in each case whether such
rights or interests are registered
or unregistered, whether arising
under the laws of the United
Kingdom or of any other country
in the world, whether such
rights or interests exist
or are created in the future
and including any renewals
extensions or revivals of
any such rights or interests
|
| "The Discretionary Fund Intellectual
Property Rights" |
means the Intellectual Property
Rights with the exception of any
and all such rights or interests
in or relating to the following
namely:
(i) chattels forming
part of my estate (excluding
any works which have already
been published at the date of
my death)
(ii) personal property which
at the date of my death is
owned legally equitably or
otherwise by either of my
two sons, Prince William,
who was born on 21st June
l 982, and Prince Henry, who
was born on 15th September
1984
(iii) the copyright and
all other intellectual property
rights and interests in my
signature when used as part
of any document created by
me where that document is
comprised in (i) or (ii) above
|
| "The Discretionary Fund" |
means
(i) the Discretionary
Fund Intellectual Property Rights
(ii) all my wearing apparel
(iii) the sum of £100,000
(iv) any accumulations of
income of the Discretionary
Fund
(v) any money or investments
from time to time representing
the foregoing items
|
| "The Discretionary Beneficiaries" |
means
(i) my two sons, Prince
William, who was born on 21st
June 1982, and Prince Henry,
who was born on l5th September
1984
(ii) the children and remoter
issue, spouses and former
spouses of my two sons and
(iii) such Charities and
Charitable Objects as my Trustees
from time to time select
|
| "The Perpetuity Period" |
means the period commencing
with the date of my death and
expiring 21 years after the death
of the last surviving descendant
of his late Majesty King George
VI living at the date of my death |
(3) During the Perpetuity Period my
Trustees shall apply the income of the
Discretionary Fund and may pay or apply
any part of parts of the capital thereof
to or for the benefit of all or such
one or more to the exclusion of the
other or others of the Discretionary
Beneficiaries if more than one in such
shares and in such manner generally
as they shall in their absolute discretion
think fit.
(4) During the period of twenty-one
years from the date of my death my
Trustees shall have power instead
of paying or applying the income of
the Discretionary Fund in accordance
with the preceding clause to accumulate
it, and all such accumulations shall
be treated as accretions to the capital
of the Discretionary Fund for all
purposes.
(5) Without prejudice to any prior
payment or application of income or
capital my Trustees shall have power
at any time or times during the Perpetuity
Period by deed or deeds revocable
or irrevocable to appoint that the
capital and income of the Discretionary
Fund or any part thereof shall be
held upon with and subject to such
trusts powers and provisions in favour
or for the benefit of all or such
one or more to the exclusion of the
other or others of the Discretionary
Beneficiaries if more than one in
such shares and in such manner generally
as my Trustees may in their absolute
discretion think fit And so that without
prejudice to the generality of this
power my Trustees may in the exercise
thereof and subject to the rules against
remoteness
(a) create or delegate powers and
discretions over capital or income
(including powers of further delegation)
whether of a dispositive or administrative
nature and whether exercisable by
my Trustees or any other person or
persons in the same unrestricted manner
as if they were absolute beneficial
owners of the property thereby appointed;
and
(b) transfer all or any part of
the capital or income of the Discretionary
Fund to the trustees of any other
trust or settlement under which the
settled property subject thereto is
held on trusts for the benefit of
all or any one or more of the Discretionary
Beneficiaries.
(6) Subject to the exercise of the
foregoing powers my Trustees shall
hold the Discretionary Fund at the
expiry of the Perpetuity Period on
trust for Prince William and Prince
Henry, in equal shares absolutely.
(7) Without prejudice to the generality
of the powers conferred by sub-clauses
(3) and (5) above my Trustees may,
with a view to applying some or all
of the Discretionary Fund Intellectual
Property Rights or the income therefrom
for the benefit of a Charity, exercise
the powers conferred on them by paragraph
(28) of Appendix II below by entering
into arrangements with the Charity
in question, or with some other Charity,
under the terms of which the Discretionary
Fund Intellectual Property Rights
subject to the arrangement can be
exploited for the benefit of the Charity
intended to benefit on terms such
that the Discretionary Fund receives
either no consideration or a consideration
less than the full consideration obtainable
having regard to the value or the
benefit of the arrangement to the
Charity in question.
(8) In the execution of the foregoing
trusts my Trustees shall, in addition
to any powers conferred on them by
the general law, have the benefit
of the powers and immunities set out
in Appendix II below Provided Always
that none of the said powers shall
be capable of being exercised in such
a way as would be in any way inconsistent
with the beneficial trusts from time
to time subsisting in respect of the
Discretionary Fund
(9) My Trustees (being not less
than two in number or a trust corporation)
may at any time or times before the
expiry of the Perpetuity Period by
deed extinguish (or restrict the future
exercise of) all or any of the powers
contained in this clause 5 and all
or any of the additional powers (but
not any of the restrictions applicable
thereto) contained in Appendix II
6. I give all my property not hereby
or by any codicil hereto otherwise
effectively disposed of to my Executors
to hold on trust to sell call in and
convert the same into money (so far
as not already consisting of money)
with power to postpone the sale calling
in and conversion thereof (even as
regards property of a terminable hazardous
or wasting nature) in the absolute
discretion of my Executors without
being liable for loss and to hold
the net proceeds and my ready money
upon the following trusts:
(1) Upon trust to pay thereout
(in exoneration of any property which
would otherwise be liable for payment
of the same) all funeral and testamentary
expenses and debts and any general
legacies given by this Will or any
Codicil hereto and any tax or duty
arising in respect of my death (even
if not a testamentary expense) on
all gifts in this Will and any Codicil
hereto given free of such tax or duty
(2) Upon trust if necessary to
invest the remainder after such
payment in or upon any investments
authorised by the provisions of
Appendix II below
(3) Upon trust to stand possessed
of such investments and such of
my estate as remains for the time
being unsold and my ready money
and all property from time to time
representing the same (hereinafter
referred to as "my Residuary Estate")
upon trust for my Trustees, to be
held by them on the trusts declared
by clause 8 below.
7. In the event of the assets subject
to clause 6 above being insufficient
to meet all of the liabilities referred
to in clause 6(1) the settled legacy
on the trusts of the Discretionary
Fund made by clause 5 above shall
abate in priority to and in exoneration
of the legacies given by clause 4
above.
8. (1) In this clause the following
expressions bear the meanings assigned
to them below:
| "my Trustees" |
means the persons appointed
by this Will or any codicil thereto
to be my Executors, together with
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable
Richard John Carew Chartres, Bishop
of London or other the trustee
or trustees from time to time
of the Residuary Fund (and where
separate trustees have been appointed
of the Principal Beneficiaries'
shares or presumptive shares in
the Residuary Fund "my Trustees"
shall refer to each body of separate
trustees) |
| "The Residuary Fund" |
means
(i) my Residuary Estate
(ii) any accumulations of
income made pursuant to the
trusts declared below
(iii) any money or investments
from time to time representing
the foregoing items
|
| "The Principal Beneficiaries" |
means Prince William and Prince
Henry |
| "The Perpetuity Period" |
means the period commencing
with the date of my death and
expiring 21 years after the death
of the last surviving descendant
of his late Majesty King George
VI living at the date of my death |
(2) My Trustees shall hold the Residuary
Fund and the income thereof upon trust
for such of the Principal Beneficiaries
as shall either:
(a) attain the age of 25
years or
(b) die under the age of 25 years
leaving a child or children living
(or en ventre sa mere) at his death
and if more than one in such shares
as my Trustees (being at least two
in number or a trust corporation)
shall by any deed or deeds revocable
or irrevocable executed so as to comply
with sub-clause (3)(c) below appoint
and until and subject to and in default
of any such appointment in equal shares.
(3) Subject to sub-clause (c) of
this sub-clause any appointment made
in exercise of the power conferred
by sub-clause (2) above:
(a) may provide for any
share or shares in the Residuary Fund
to be ascertained either by reference
to a fraction or fractions of the
Residuary Fund or by reference to
any sum or sums of money or by reference
to (or to the value of) any specific
assets then forming part of the Residuary
Fund and
(b) may (if my Trustees think
fit) expressly provide that the
whole or any part or parts of the
accumulations of income then forming
part of the presumptive share of
one Principal Beneficiary in the
Residuary Fund shall thereafter
go and accrue to and form part of
the presumptive share of the other
Principal Beneficiary in the Residuary
Fund But in default of any such
express provision all such accumulations
of income shall continue to belong
to the presumptive share to which
they solely belonged immediately
prior to such appointment
(c) No appointment in exercise
of the power conferred by sub-clause
(2) of this clause shall be made
and no such appointment shall be
revoked either:
(i) so as either to diminish
or to increase the share (or the
accumulations of income forming
part of the share) of or give a
new share (or new accumulations
of income) to a Principal Beneficiary
who at the date of such appointment
or revocation has attained the age
of 25 years or has died under that
age leaving a child or children
living (or en ventre sa mere) at
his death or
(ii) so as to diminish the share
(or the accumulations of income
forming part of the share) of
a Principal Beneficiary who is
under the age of 18 years, or,
without his prior consent in writing,
the share of a Principal Beneficiary
who has attained that age.
(d) My Trustees (being, at least two
in number or a trust corporation)
may at any time or times by deed or
deeds extinguish (or restrict the
future exercise of) the said power
of appointment conferred by sub-clause
(2) hereof
(e) The provisions of sub-clause
(5) below are applicable (in the
manner therein mentioned) to the
share in the Residuary Fund of each
Principal Beneficiary who attains
a vested interest under sub-clause
(2) above.
(4) The foregoing trusts shall carry
the intermediate income and the following
provisions relating to maintenance and
accumulation shall apply to the income
of the presumptive share for the time
being of each Principal Beneficiary
who is alive and under the age of 25
years namely:
(a) my Trustees shall have
power to pay or apply the whole or
such part (if any) of such income
as my Trustees in their absolute discretion
shall think fit for or towards the
maintenance or otherwise for the benefit
of the Principal Beneficiary in question
and
(b) shall accumulate the balance
(if any) of the same income at compound
interest by investing the same and
the resulting income thereof in
any of the investments authorised
by this Will and shall add such
accumulations as an accretion to
(and as one fund for all purposes
with) the presumptive share in the
capital of the Residuary Fund of
the Principal Beneficiary in question
Provided Always that my Trustees
may while a Principal Beneficiary
is alive and under the age of 25
years apply such accumulations of
income to the extent of his presumptive
share in them (or any part thereof)
as if they were income arising in
the then current year from the presumptive
share of that Principal Beneficiary
in the Residuary Fund
(5) The share in the Residuary Fund
of each Principal Beneficiary (whether
under any exercise of the power of
appointment herein contained or in
default of appointment) shall not
vest in him absolutely if he shall
attain the age of 25 years or shall
die under that age leaving a child
or children living (or en ventre sa
mere) at his death (as the case may
be) but on and after the attainment
of such age or on and after such death
(as the case may be) such share shall
be retained by my Trustees upon and
with and subject to the following
trusts powers and provisions or (in
particular where the Principal Beneficiary
has died as aforesaid) such of the
same as are capable of taking effect
namely:
(a) The share of each Principal
Beneficiary shall be held upon trust
to pay the income thereof to such
Principal Beneficiary during his life
(b) Each Principal Beneficiary
shall after he has attained the
age of 25 years have power (due
regard being had to the law concerning
remoteness) to appoint by any deed
or deeds revocable or irrevocable
or by will or codicil to or for
the benefit of his widow an interest
in the whole or any part of the
income of his share during the remainder
of the life of such widow (whether
or not such widow shall have remarried)
or for any less period and any such
appointment may be made upon protective
trusts or otherwise for the benefit
of such widow and subject to any
conditions which such Principal
Beneficiary may think proper
(c) Subject as hereinbefore provided
in this clause the share of each
Principal Beneficiary shall be held
(both as to the capital and income)
upon with and subject to such trusts
powers and provisions in favour
or for the benefit of all or such
one or more to the exclusion of
the other or others of the children
or remoter issue of the Principal
Beneficiary and if more than one
in such shares and in such manner
generally as the Principal Beneficiary
may by deed or deeds revocable or
irrevocable or by will or codicil
in his absolute discretion appoint
And so that without prejudice to
the generality of this power he
may in the exercise thereof and
subject to the rules against remoteness
(i) create or delegate
powers and discretions over capital
or income (including powers of further
delegation) whether of a dispositive
or administrative nature and whether
exercisable by my Trustees or any
other person or persons in the same
unrestricted manner as if he was
the absolute beneficial owner of
the property thereby appointed and
(ii) transfer all or any part
of the capital or income subject
to the appointment to the trustees
of any other trust or settlement
under which the settled property
subject thereto is held on trusts
for the benefit of all or any
one or more of the said children
or remoter issue
(d) Subject as hereinbefore provided
in this clause the share of each Principal
Beneficiary shall be held (both as
to capital and income) upon trust
for all or any of the children or
child of the Principal Beneficiary
as shall attain the age of 21 years
and if more than one in equal shares
absolutely Provided that no child
of the Principal Beneficiary who or
whose issue shall take any part of
the share of the Principal Beneficiary
under an appointment by virtue of
the power last hereinbefore conferred
shall in default of appointment to
the contrary be entitled to any share
of the unappointed part thereof without
bringing the part or parts appointed
to him or to his issue into hotchpot
and accounting for the same accordingly
(e) The trust contained in sub-clause
(d) hereof shall (subject to the
preceding trusts powers and provisions
of this Will) carry the intermediate
income and the statutory powers
of maintenance accumulation and
advancement contained in Sections
31 and 32 of the Trustee Act 1925
shall apply thereto but with the
following modifications:
(i) in the case of the
said Section 31 with the substitution
in sub-section (1)(i) thereof of
"the trustees in their absolute
discretion think fit" for "may in
all the circumstances be reasonable"
and the omission of the provision
to sub-section (1)
(ii) in the case of the said
Section 32 the omission of the
words "one-half of" from proviso
(a) to sub-section (1) and the
omission of sub-section (2) Provided
always that any capital which
is applied for the benefit of
a beneficiary under the said section
32 at any time before such beneficiary
has an interest in possession
in that capital shall not be capable
of being applied in any manner
inconsistent with the requirements
of conditions (a) and (b) of Section
71(1) of the Inheritance Tax .Act
1984 (or any statutory modification
or re-enactment thereof)
(6)
(a) Notwithstanding the
trusts powers and provisions herein
before contained (but subject as provided
in sub-clause (b) of this sub-clause)
my Trustees may at any time or times
during the lifetime of a Principal
Beneficiary pay or transfer to or
apply for the benefit of such Principal
Beneficiary the whole or any part
of the capital of his share or presumptive
share in the Residuary Fund freed
and discharged from all the trusts
powers and provisions of this Will
(and so that any capital so paid or
transferred or applied shall be brought
into account at its value at the date
of payment transfer or application
in any division of the Residuary Fund
into shares) Provided always that
any capital which is applied for the
benefit of a Principal Beneficiary
under the foregoing power at any time
before such Principal Beneficiary
has attained the age of 25 years shall
not be capable of being applied in
any manner inconsistent with the requirements
of conditions (a) and (b) of Section
71(1) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984
(or any statutory modification or
re-enactment thereof) and
(b) My Trustees (being at least
two in number or a trust corporation)
may at any time or times after a
Principal Beneficiary has attained
the age of 18 years and with his
consent in writing by deed or deeds
extinguish (or restrict the future
exercise of) the power conferred
by sub-clause (a) of this sub-clause
so far as it affects or is capable
of affecting the share or presumptive
share in the Residuary Fund of that
Principal Beneficiary
(c) After a Principal Beneficiary
has attained the age of 30 years
my Trustees shall be bound in the
exercise or non-exercise of the
power conferred by sub-clause (a)
above to comply with his wishes
from time to time communicated to
them in writing unless my Trustees
are satisfied that there is some
exceptional reason why it is in
the Principal Beneficiary's interests
that his wishes should not be complied
with (the Principal Beneficiary
being entitled to be supplied with
written reasons for that conclusion)
(d) No power of advancement shall
apply to the trusts declared by
sub-clause (2) above other than
that contained in this sub-clause.
(7) Subject to the trusts powers and
provisions engrafted thereon by sub-clause
(5) above and subject also to sub-clause
(6) hereof the share in the Residuary
Fund (whether under any exercise of
the power of appointment contained in
sub-clause (2) hereof or in default
of appointment) of each Principal Beneficiary
who attains the age of 25 years or who
has died under the age of 25 years leaving
a child or children living or en ventre
sa mere at his death (as the case may
be) if and so far as not disposed of
by such engrafted trusts powers and
provisions or previously paid or applied
(except merely by accumulation) thereunder
or under sub-clause (6) above shall:
(a) go and accrue for all
purposes to the share (whether presumptive
or vested) of the other Principal
Beneficiary if the trusts thereof
are then subsisting (including any
share to which any person or persons
is or are then entitled absolutely)
and
(b) be held upon the trusts and
with and subject to the powers and
provisions herein contained concerning
the original share of that other
Principal Beneficiary
(8) In the event of the failure in whole
or in part of any of the foregoing trusts
my Trustees shall have power during
the Perpetuity Period to pay or apply
all or part of the Residuary Fund, or
that part the trusts of which have failed,
and the income thereof, to or for the
benefit of all or such one or more of
the following, class of beneficiaries
and in such shares, if more than one,
as they shall in their absolute discretion
think fit namely:
(a) such of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II her children and
remoter issue as are living at the
date of the failure of the trusts
in question
(b) such of the children and remoter
issue of the late Edward John 8th
Earl Spencer as are living at the
date of the failure of the trusts
in question
(c) any Charity then in existence
and subject to any exercise of the
foregoing power the capital and
income of the Residuary Fund shall
be held upon trust for Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II absolutely
(9) In the execution of the foregoing
trusts my Trustees shall, in addition
to any powers conferred on them by
the general law, have the benefit
of the powers and immunities set out
in Appendix II below Provided always
that none of the said powers shall
be capable of being exercised in such
a way as:
(a) would be in any way
inconsistent with the beneficial trusts
from time to time subsisting in respect
of the Residuary Fund
(b) would or might present an
interest in possession of any beneficiary
from subsisting or continuing to
subsist in the whole or any part
of the Residuary Fund in any case
where such an interest otherwise
would subsist or continue to subsist
or
(c) would prevent Section 71 of
the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (or
any statutory modification or re-enactment
thereof) from applying in respect
of the whole or any part of the
Residuary Fund in any case where
that section (or modification or
re-enactment thereof otherwise would
so apply
(10) My Trustees (being not less than
two in number or a trust corporation)
may at any time or times before the
expiry of the Perpetuity Period deed
extinguish (or restrict the future exercise
of all or any of the additional powers
(but not any of the restrictions applicable
thereto) contained in Appendix II
9. In the administration of my estate
and in the execution of the trusts
declared by this Will:
(1) all income shall be
treated as accruing on the date on
which it becomes payable regardless
of the period in respect of which
it shall have accrued and it shall
not be the subject of any statutory
apportionment and
(2) the equitable rules of apportionment
between capital and income shall
not apply in any circumstances whatever
and in particular shall not apply
to any assets in respect of which
my trustees have not made any deliberate
decision to postpone the sale thereof.
10. The powers conferred on my Trustees
by clauses 5 and 8 (including the powers
set out in .Appendix II hereto) above
may be exercised by them at any time
after the date of my death notwithstanding
that no grant of probate has then been
obtained or that the administration
of my estate has not then been completed.
11. In the professed administration
of my estate and in the professed
execution of the trusts of this Will
none of my Executors or Trustees shall
be liable for any act or omission
of his or for any act or omission
of any co-Executor or co-Trustee of
his or for any agent employed in the
administration of my estate or the
execution of the said trusts save
for any act or omission involving
wilful fraud or dishonesty committed
by the Executor or Trustee sought
to be made liable.
12. Any of my Executors or Trustees
who shall be an individual engaged
or employed in any profession or business
either alone or in partnership shall
be entitled to charge and be paid
and to retain all professional or
other proper charges for any business
done or time spent or services rendered
by him or his firm (whether or not
within the usual scope of his profession
or business and even if not of a nature
requiring the employment of a professional
or business person) in connection
with the administration of my estate
or with the trusts powers and provisions
of this will and shall also be entitled
to retain any share of brokerage or
commission paid to him or his firm
by any broker agent or insurance office
in connection with any acquisition
of or dealing with any investments
or property or the effecting or payment
of any premium on any policy of insurance
subject or intended to become subject
to the trusts hereof or any such assurance.
13.
(1) Subject to sub-clause
(4) below the statutory power of appointing
new or additional trustees of my Will
shall be vested in my Trustees.
(2) In the exercise of the said
power my Trustees may appoint separate
trustees of the Discretionary Fund
and/or the Residuary Fund, and within
the Residuary Fund they may appoint
separate trustees (who may include
one or more of themselves) of the
share or presumptive share of each
Principal Beneficiary.
(3) In the event of separate trustees
of part only of the property subject
to the trusts of this Will being
appointed, the statutory power of
appointing new or additional trustees
of the trusts affecting that part
of such property shall, subject
to sub-clause (4) below, thenceforth
be vested in the trustees from time
to time of that part.
(4) After he has attained the
age of 30 years:
(a) the power of appointing
new or additional separate trustees
of a Principal Beneficiary's share
of the Residuary Fund shall be vested
in that Principal Beneficiary; and
(b) that Principal Beneficiary
shall have power by written notice
to the persons who are for the
time being the trustees of that
Principal Beneficiary's share
of the Residuary Fund to require
all or any one or more of them
to retire from the trusteeship
of that share and, subject to
the consent of such persons, each
person so required to retire shall
at the request of the Principal
Beneficiary execute an appropriate
deed of retirement or an appropriate
deed appointing a new trustee
or new trustees of that share;
Provided that if no separate trustees
of that Principal Beneficiary's share
have previously been appointed the making
of any appointment under this power
shall take effect as if immediately
before it came into effect my Trustees
had appointed themselves separate trustees
of that share pursuant to sub-clause
(2) above
(5) The consent of the trustees
of a Principal Beneficiary's share
of the Residuary Fund to an exercise
of the Principal Beneficiary's foregoing
power shall not be withheld unless
those trustees are satisfied that
there is some exceptional reason why,
in the Principal Beneficiary's interests,
his appointment should not be consented
to (the Principal Beneficiary being
entitled to be supplied with written
reasons for that conclusion).
(6) The requirement for the trustees
consent provided for in sub-clause
(4) above shall not prejudice the
trustees right to object to the validity
or propriety of any attempted appointment
by the Principal Beneficiary on any
other ground open to them under the
general law.
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