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Letters shed light on Whitlam's dismissal

Gough Whitlam

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Secret correspondence between the Governor General of Australia and Buckingham Palace have been released to the public.


Without any redaction, the 220 letters reveal the Queen did not have prior knowledge of the 1975 dismissal of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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