Sydney, Oct 19, 2024 (AFP) - Spectre of royal meddling haunts Charles in Australia

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2024-10-19

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, a popular leader beset by a string of parliamentary scandals. It remains the only time the governor-general -- the throne's envoy in overseas real......

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