Since the dramatic dismissal of Gough Whitlam’s Labor government in November 1975, there has been speculation about the Queen’s role in the episode. Now secret correspondence between Buckingham Palace and the governor general of Australia have been revealed. Jenny Hocking, who took her legal case to the high court to have the letters released, unpicks the details
You can read all the news on the palace letters here.
Christopher Knaus wrote about the initials findings from the letters here.
Jenny Hocking has written for the Guardian during the four years of her battle to get the palace letters released. You can see her work and read her column on ‘Why the Queen’s secret ‘Palace letters’ about Gough Whitlam should be released’ here.
You can read all 1,200 pages – the full archive – of the palace letters in this Guardian database.
Photograph: National Archives Of Australia
Christopher Knaus wrote about the initials findings from the letters here.
Jenny Hocking has written for the Guardian during the four years of her battle to get the palace letters released. You can see her work and read her column on ‘Why the Queen’s secret ‘Palace letters’ about Gough Whitlam should be released’ here.
You can read all 1,200 pages – the full archive – of the palace letters in this Guardian database.
Photograph: National Archives Of Australia
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