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Jenny Hocking: The Palace Letters (2020, Scribe Publications) No rating

A political betrayal. A constitutional crisis. A hidden correspondence.

Gough Whitlam was a progressive prime …

Most of the chapters relate the background and fight to get the Palace Letters released, I've now made it to the section where the letters have been released and what they reveal and it paints Kerr in a very poor light. He's constantly seeking approval from the palace, despises Whitlam ideologically and seems to think that the position of G-G is something that it never has been and will never be again.