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After Christ knows how many years, correspondence between Whitlam Government Governer-General Sir John Kerr and The Queen’s handlers has been made public.
A prolonged court battle led by Professor Jenny Hocking led to the reclassification of the documents so they could be released today, instead of in seven years time.
In the letters, it’s revealed that The Queen didn’t really know what was going on as she was largely kept out of the loop. Prince Charles allegedly knew something but was probably as equally as interested in what was going on as his Old Girl.
Which allows for the conclusion that the Monarchy serves little to no purpose in our government and could be written out in a few months.
With the help of a few constitutional law experts, who ultimately are the only ones who benefit from any changes to the constitution, it shouldn’t take very long.
Our reporter stood on his desk in the middle of the newsroom and asked the six staff not at lunch or taking a shit on company time if they wanted to become a republic or not.
Two put their hands up, one was on the phone and told our reporter to shut up. In the corner, two staff photographers were drinking film fixer and Clancy Overell’s executive assistance was too busy ironing Clancy’s brand new half-button work shirts to hear the question.
The Advocate reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment but have yet to receive a reply. In the off chance this masthead actually gets a response, it will be added to the bottom of this article
More to come.
