Queen Elizabeth II with Prime Minister John Howard (left) and the Australian governor-general, Sir William Deane, at Government House in 2000.
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More than 2,000 pages of letters spanning 36 years and nine prime ministers have now been made public, albeit with disappointing redactions throughout.
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.