More than 2,000 pages of letters spanning 36 years and nine prime ministers have now been made public, albeit with disappointing redactions throughout.
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In this extract from Jenny Hocking’s new book, Buckingham Palace becomes alarmed when Sir John Kerr agitates for the release of the so-called “palace letters” to bolster his version of events.
The dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 is our story, and we have a right to know it in full.
However, the win does not necessarily mean the public will have access to the letters - much now rests on what the National Archives does next.
