An elite boys’ club conspired unconstitutionally to sack an Australian prime minister in ways that secretly involved the Crown – and were it not for the tenacity of one woman decades later, the public could never learn the true story.

Is this what happened in 1975? Given the extraordinary steps taken to suppress letters between the Governor-General and the then Queen and future King, it’s difficult to draw other conclusions. 

These documents would come to be known as the Palace Letters, and the quest for their release has meant difficult and expensive work across many years by an Australian historian, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking.

Already the subject of numerous books by Hocking, The Search for the Palace Letters is a new documentary by Film Art Media that premiered on ABC TV and iView last Monday.

It’s compelling viewing…

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