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The cloud from a decades-old political crisis hangs over King Charles III’s tour of Australia, where the 1975 sacking of a sitting prime minister continues to fuel suspicions of royal meddling. Governor-General John Kerr used his vice-regal powers in 1975 to topple Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam…
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Spectre of royal meddling haunts Charles in Australia
The cloud from a decades-old political crisis hangs over King Charles III’s tour of Australia, where the 1975 sacking of a sitting prime minister continues to fuel suspicions of royal meddling. Governor-General John Kerr used his vice-regal powers in 1975 to topple Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam…