During a royal tour in Australia, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe disrupted proceedings by confronting King Charles and Queen Camilla with accusations of genocide and demanding the return of stolen land. The senator's outburst drew attention to ongoing tensions between Indigenous Australians and the British monarchy.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were met with a barrage of accusations during their Royal tour in Australia , as an Aboriginal Australia n senator accused the monarch of "committing genocide". Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe made headlines with her verbal onslaught as she confronted the British royals at the country's parliament.
Further cries of "not my King" and "f*** the colony" were heard from her. The Royal couple, however, remained unresponsive to the scene, diverting their attention to an orchestra playing music, reports Birmingham Live. After dusting herself from the Green Party last year citing their inadequate attention to indigenous rights, the now independent MP lambasted the swearing-in procedure, labelling it as "archaic and ridiculous". Across the globe, King Charles, in his first Royal tour post-cancer diagnosis, showed reverence for Australia's aboriginal traditions by participating in a "smoking ceremony" in Canberra.
Post laying floral homages to fallen Aussie Defence Force personnel, Charles and Camilla proceeded to the Australian War Memorial's roll of honour. Here, a heart-rending tradition sees relatives pin poppies beside names of their deceased kin on the vast walls within the memorial’s galleries. Since its establishment in 1941, nearly every Royal visit to Australia has included a formal wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial, built to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian Defence Force Veterans. In a separate ceremony, the King and Queen also acknowledged the sacrifices of Indigenous Veterans at the new For our Country – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Memorial for the first time.
Thousands had gathered to greet the Royal couple, with enthusiastic well-wishers waving flags and banners. Among the attendees was Robert Fletcher from Goulburn, New South Wales, who had brought along Hephner – named after his mother, Playgirl.
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