SYDNEY - Queen Elizabeth's representative in Australia fired a prime minister without warning the palace - or the prime minister - because"under the constitution the responsibility is mine", according to archived letters released on Tuesday .
"I decided to take this step ... without informing the Palace in advance," Kerr wrote to former private secretary Martin Charteris on the day of Whitlam's dismissal. The release of 211 so-called"palace letters" pulls the veil from one of the great mysteries of Australian politics, and could reignite a conversation about whether the country should cut ties with Britain and become a republic.
Historians say the country was never told the full story, and in 2016 a historian sued the National Archives of Australia for access to letters between Kerr and the queen. The lawsuit failed on grounds that the letters were private, but the High Court overturned the ruling in May.
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