The prince fell under Yammatree's spell to such an extent that he brushed aside the concerns of Buckingham Palace and tried to acquire the property anyway. He returned to Government House that October day "very anxious" to explore "alternative possibilities" to settle by Christmas, Kerr recalled.
After the conversation with Whitlam, Kerr still seemed eager to please Charles and didn't let the matter drop. He thought the best way forward might be to finance the purchase through loans negotiated in Australia. In a grovelling letter, Kerr – who was just a few months into his term – told Charteris: "I hope that my involvement in this matter did not create difficulties in London, but it seemed impossible for me and for the prime minister, having regard to the prince's eagerness, not to open up at least for consideration whatever possibilities there were."
"Your involvement was nothing but beneficial and certainly caused no embarrassment here," Charteris wrote. "It is the greatest pity that it does not seem practicable for this project to come to fruition at the present. We must all hope however that, with a change in the economic climate, it may be possible for it to do in the future."
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