What did the Queen know about Gough Whitlam's dismissal? We may be about to find out

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The High Court will today consider whether correspondence between former governor-general Sir John Kerr and the Queen should be kept secret, or whether it belongs to the public.

It is a key question which has long hung over the 1975 constitutional crisis, when the Whitlam government was sacked by former governor-general Sir John Kerr.Correspondence between the Queen and the governor-general on Gough Whitlam's dismissal remain secret

Today she has taken her bid to the High Court which she hopes will help to clear the way for her to access to what have become known as the"Palace letters" — correspondence between Sir John Kerr and the Queen during the critical period leading up to Gough Whitlam's dismissal. "If we have to have secrecy over royal activities then it suggests those royal activities are hiding something that they simply don't want the Australian people to know," she told the ABC's 7.30 report.Papers due for release 12 years ago remain secret

 

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A lot.

The Queen has no political power whatsoever, she had to rely on information from the G.G. She cannot interfere.

Who cares?

We should follow Harry's lead & ditch the medieval fairytale family BS

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