“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 & actions of a PM & elected gov’t imaginable.” https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-palace-letters-are-every-bit-the-bombshell-they-promised-to-be-20200713-p55bpx.html

“Letter by letter...Kerr draws HMQ into his planning regarding the crisis unfolding in the Senate, including the possible use of the reserve powers. Kerr details options and strategies, which are then discussed with the Queen through her private secretary, Sir Martin Charteris.”

“These include Kerr’s concern that prime minister Whitlam might recall him as governor-general, which he discussed with Prince Charles in September 1975 in a profound breach of political and constitutional practice.”

Charteris writes: "Prince Charles told me a good deal of his convo w/ u & in particular that u had spoken of the possibility of the PM advising HMQ to terminate your Commission w/ the object, presumably, of replacing you with someone more amenable to his wishes.”

“”If such an approach was made you may be sure that The Queen would take most unkindly to it." It is a defining feature of a constitutional monarchy that the monarch "has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters", that the Queen must remain above politics”

“Hundreds of pages challenge that claimed political disinterest, as Kerr relays conversations, meetings, and events to Buckingham Palace in the context of the most intensely political situation unfolding in Australia.”

“Just days after the dismissal,Charteris wrote to the Speaker of the House of Reps,Gordon Scholes,& insisted that, "The Queen has no part in the decisions which the Governor-General must take in accordance w/ the Constitution".The Palace letters have just blown that claim apart.”

“They show that the Queen’s responses, and at times even advice, particularly in relation to his concern for his own position and the possible use of the reserve powers, played a critical role in Kerr’s planning and in his eventual decision to dismiss the government.”

“In doing so the Queen breached the central tenet of a constitutional monarchy, that the Monarch is politically neutral and must play no role in political matters. The damage this has done to the Queen, to Kerr, and the monarchy is incalculable.”

Buckingham Palace intervened in 1991 to stop the #palaceletters from being released until 2027. And even then, stipulated that BP had to give permission to release them. Professor Jenny Hocking filed a lawsuit to ensure they were released to the public.