The minutes, which were seen by journalists including the Press Association, before they were pulled from the file would appear to be unexceptionable.
There is discussion by senior palace and Foreign Office officials about his travel plans as a UK trade envoy - which earned him the nickname "air miles Andy" - with visits to China, Russia, south-east Asia and Spain.
Officials also raised the issue of whether the Football Association would be prepared to pay for him to attend the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal as a royal representative.
It was noted that a change to the rules for royal travel meant that his visits as a trade envoy would in future be funded by the Royal Travel Office - rather than UK Trade and Industry - which would have to find an additional £90,000.
And the papers also revealed that Downing Street had to issue an apology when John Major was in power, when a birthday telegram he sent to the Queen Mother was apparently addressed in an "improper manner".
The Queen Mother's private secretary called No 10 demanding an explanation as to why the 1994 birthday greeting had been "incorrectly addressed", documents show, although it is not clear exactly what caused the outrage.
Details of discussions about the former prince's travel plans were removed by the government from files transferred to the National Archives.
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