Published 10:35 IST, July 10th 2020
Queen Elizabeth's letters on Australian PM Gough Whitlam's sacking to be released in full
Letters between the British Queen Elizabeth II’s and her representative in Australia in 1975 would be released next week, international media reported.
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Letters between British Queen Elizabeth II’s and her representative in Australia in 1975 would be released next week, international media reported. year 1975, is significant in history because it marked ousting of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by represented of crown, Goverr-general John Kerr. decision to make correspondence public was me on July 9 after a lengthy battle to make documents public.
Palace Letters
Giving furr details, National Archives of Australia said that it would release correspondence -- amounting to over 1,000 ps kwn as "Palace Letters" -- on July 14 with redactions. In 1975, a constitutional crisis emerged in Australia after representative of Britsh monarchy dismissed Whitlam, a popular centre-left leer, only three years after his election.
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According to reports, all 212 letters which were exchanged between Kerr and Queen h been kept secret till w, however in May this year, Australian high court ruled that y should be a part of public record . On July 9, National Archives of Australia confirmed that it would release correspondence. letters could help show if British government tried to influence events in its former colony and what role queen, Prince Charles and top royal visers may have played.
" National Archives has examined records for public release under provisions of Archives Act 1983 and I have determined all items will be released in full," director-general David Fricker said in a statement.
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In or news, Michelin star chef Vikas Khanna recently took to Instagram to share his experience of meeting queen. He wrote that one of his best experiences was to meet Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. Khanna recently shared a video of that interaction with an inspirational anecdote on presenting his book Utsav.
48-year-old shared that as per protocol, one always h to stand in a queue before Her Highness. However, he felt book ‘deserved more’ and hence requested a separate table to present work, that he said ‘represented pride and beauty’ of India. Vikas also h a motivational mess for all to ‘keep going’, giving a shoutout to those making ir own way even if y are me to feel that y ‘don’t belong.’
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10:36 IST, July 10th 2020