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CANBERRA, Australia — A historian lost her court bid on Friday to force Australian authorities to release secret letters that would reveal what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her representative’s plan to dismiss Australia’s government more than 40 years ago. The National Archives of Australia has categorized the correspondence between the British monarch, who is also Australia’s constitutional head of state, and Governor-General Sir John Kerr as “personal” and the letters might therefore never become public. http://wapo.st/2HJ9xWy http://wapo.st/2HJ9xWy+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra