Palace Letters To Be Released

Palace letters: high court ruling paves the way for release of Queen's secret correspondence before 1975 Whitlam dismissal

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Historian Jenny Hocking wins landmark case after campaigning for release of secret letters between monarch and then Australian governor general Sir John Kerr Historian Jenny Hocking has won a landmark high court case in her bid to secure sensitive correspondence between the Queen and former Australian governor general Sir John Kerr about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam. The high court on Friday ruled that the commonwealth was wrong in its withholding of the so-called “palace letters”, a series of more than 200 exchanges between the Queen, her private secretary, and Kerr, the then governor general, in the lead-up to the 1975 dismissal of Whitlam, the then Australian prime minister. Hocking is now calling on the National Archive of Australia (NAA) to immediately release the 211 letters, saying the public deserves to know the full history of the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australia’s history. ... The letters represent communications between the two highest members of Australia’s constitutional monarchy in the lead-up to the sacking of a democratically elected prime minister, one of the most important episodes in the nation’s history.

What do you think? Should these letters, which have previously been deemed "personal correspondence" be released? I mean, they're going to be released, but do you think that's a good idea? I for one would like to know what role the Queen had in the leadup to the Dismissal and I think it's exceptionally likely that she was very involved in the decision making process. But there's an argument to be made that they shouldn't be released until after she has passed away, and let's face it, she's 94, so that can't be very far away.

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