#Palaceletters

The letters between Sir John Kerr as Governor-General of Australia (1974-77) & Buckingham Palace will be release by @naagovau today. In the 1980s, I came to know Sir John Kerr

lmao did the palace really issue a statement pretending that what the Queens private secretary writes to the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia has nothing to do with

admiral snackbar

spending some time pondering the relief sought in the @palaceletters case that the high court will decide tomorrow. The appellant, Jenny Hocking, a political scientist and biographer seeks the following:

“Palace letters have proved 2 be every bit the bombshell they promised, & neither HMQ nor Sir Kerr emerge unscathed...the governor-general provides the most extraordinary vice-regal commentary on the decisions

OK let's get real about the #PalaceLetters. Here's a thread that provides critical historical context, which media #auspol commentators today are deliberately ignoring... President Richard Nixon told Marshall Green -