Because it is a specific profession to be an archivist and people have to train to become one for years. Part of that training is about how to value items on historic worth. A page will not have had that training or the experience to make such decisions on various items but now is made responsible for what could be very important historic documents: the private papers of the late Elizabeth II.
Are you an archivist by profession, or an historian?I am not an archivist myself but I have worked with archivists, and I know that anyone who excels in such a field also consults with a wide variety of references in the carrying out of their work, and living people connected intimately to an individual that an archivist is focused on are valuable reference points as well. If you have not worked closely with those in this particular field of work it might be unfamiliar to you.
I understand the value of Mr. Whybrew’s participation in such a process. Nothing in this specific article suggests that archivists and the like are not also involved. They are probably less individually known and also this is closer to their “regular” work. Mr. Whybrew has been the subject of news articles before; his proximity to the late monarch and the trust she had in him makes him a person of interest and note, which is why his participation among a larger team is the subject of a news article here.
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