Queen was not told before Australian PM dismissed, letters show
(World News UK)

The Queen’s representative in Australia dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975 “without informing the Palace in advance”, newly released correspondence shows. The removal of Mr Whitlam, who had failed to pass a budget and then opted not to resign or call an election, has been the subject of intense ongoing speculation. In one of the letters, addressed to the Queen’s private secretary Sir Martin Charteris, then-governor general Sir John Kerr admitted to taking...