Palace, UK press react to Kerr revelations

By Miranda Forster
Updated July 14 2020 - 9:21pm, first published 9:17pm
Former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr did not tell the Queen his plans for Gough Whitlam.
Former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr did not tell the Queen his plans for Gough Whitlam.

Newly released letters between Australia's governor-general and the Queen's secretary prove the monarch played no part in the decision to sack Gough Whitlam as prime minister, Buckingham Palace says.

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