What are the Palace Letters,in a nutshell?
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What are the Palace Letters,in a nutshell?

Why has the release of 1200 pages of letters from the'70s caused such a stir? Who wrote them? And what do they say?

  • byNick Bonyhady

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Queen's role revealed but Palace denies any part in Whitlam dismissal

Queen's role revealed but Palace denies any part in Whitlam dismissal

Buckingham Palace gave Sir John Kerr clear guidance he could use controversial “reserve powers” to break a deadlock in Australian politics one week before he cited the powers to sack Gough Whitlam and his government.

  • byDavid Crowe
More than 40 years in the making:Read the Palace Papers in full

More than 40 years in the making:Read the Palace Papers in full

The documents behind the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam Government illuminate one of the biggest events in the nation's history.

  • byJack Patterson,Mathew Dunckley andMark Stehle
The Palace letters are every bit the bombshell they promised to be

The Palace letters are every bit the bombshell they promised to be

The Palace letters have just blown apart the claim that the Queen played no part in Sir John Kerr's decisions.

  • byJenny Hocking
'Better for Her Majesty not to know':Kerr did not tell Queen about Whitlam decision

'Better for Her Majesty not to know':Kerr did not tell Queen about Whitlam decision

Queen Elizabeth’s private secretary offered detailed advice to former governor-general Sir John Kerr in the weeks before he dismissed the Whitlam government in 1975.

  • byDavid Crowe
Watch:National Archives Director-General addresses the media

Watch:National Archives Director-General addresses the media

National Archives Director-General David Fricker has addressed the media on the release of records covering the period of Sir John Kerr’s term as Governor-General at the dismissal of Gough Whitlam.

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'Momentous':Palace Letters tipped to set off new republic debate
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'Momentous':Palace Letters tipped to set off new republic debate

Historian Jenny Hocking says the papers will highlight the"problematic"claim the Palace had no part in the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.

  • byDavid Crowe
'A terrific victory':Palace Letters to be released in full next week

'A terrific victory':Palace Letters to be released in full next week

More than 200 letters between former governor-general Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace in the years around the Whitlam dismissal will be made public.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Palace Letters will be released by the end of July

Palace Letters will be released by the end of July

Hundreds of potentially explosive letters that shed light on what the Queen knew in the lead-up to Gough Whitlam's dismissal will be released next month.

  • byMax Koslowski
National Archives still declassifying Palace Letters as historian slams delay
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National Archives still declassifying Palace Letters as historian slams delay

Weeks after the High Court ordered the potentially explosive letters be released,the agency holding them won't say when they will be made public.

  • byMax Koslowski
High Court ruling favours release of'Palace Papers'on Whitlam Dismissal

High Court ruling favours release of'Palace Papers'on Whitlam Dismissal

Hundreds of letters between the Queen and former governor-general Sir John Kerr before the dismissal of the Whitlam government are expected to be released.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn