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Steven TRASK

MYSTERIOUS: Spectre of royal meddling haunts charles in australia - You Need To See This

King Charles III's visit to Australia comes as the 1975 sacking of a sitting prime minister still fuels suspicions of royal meddling (Credit: AFP)

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.

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