What Is She Hiding? Australian Republicans Furious As Palace Does U-Turn On Queen’s Secret Letters
2020 has so far not been a good year for the British Royal Family, with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex involved in a very public spat with Queen Elizabeth II over their future. Now there is trouble Down Under too, with the Royal Household trying to keep secret letters from more than half a century ago.
Buckingham Palace has torn up a deal agreed in 1991 which would have allowed letters dating from the 1960s between the Queen and the Governor-General in Australia to be released.
Support for the Royal Family is polarised in Australia with a sizeable section of the population in favour of the country becoming a republic with an elected head of state. In 1999 a referendum found 54 percent in favour of the status quo.
But the monarch’s latest move could well boost support for republicanism in Australia.
#OnThisDay in 1965 the Right Honourable Richard Casey became Australia’s 16th Governor-General. He had previously been federal Treasurer. pic.twitter.com/UVxPycUrCX
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