With the active support of Prince Charles, now King Charles, John Kerr planned the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975.

In early spring 1975 in the New Guinea highlands, the Governor General, Sir John Kerr sidled up to Prince Charles and suggested a quiet chat. Their topic? The possible dismissal of the Prime Minister.

Prince Charles has some form in intervening in Australian public affairs. Professor Jenny Hocking, in her book ‘The Dismissal Dossier’ reveals some disturbing features of his earlier relationship with John Kerr in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. Both John Kerr and Prince Charles were obviously worried about their future job prospects.

In her book, Jenny Hocking says

“Kerr had spoken to Prince Charles personally on more than one occasion, as early as August 1975 canvassing the dismissal of Whitlam. … (In his own papers). Kerr recounts Prince Charles’ solicitous response to the Governor General’s concern for his own possible recall by........

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