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."
5000 hectares is about 7km square.
Yet our FN were not allowed to purchase land till 1976 and you wonder why we hate the crown
kuku27 When Prince Charles arrived back at Government House after a day of adventure in the gentle hills west of Canberra, the baby-faced heir was in no mood to follow orders from Buckingham Palace.
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