Queen Elizabeth II of England advised the Governor-General he could overthrow the elected government of Australia – and he did.
Jenny Hocking
PROFESSOR JENNY HOCKING is an award-winning author, Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and inaugural Distinguished Whitlam Fellow at the Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University. She is the author of numerous books including the highly acclaimed two-volume biography of Gough Whitlam, as well as her latest book The Palace Letters: The Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam.