Embarrassment for King Charles: the Australian leader who attacked him with shouts

A big storm this morning (Monday) during the visit of King Charles to the Parliament in Australia. Lydia Thorpe, an aboriginal senator, shouted at the king and his wife Queen Camilla, shouting: “You are not our king, you committed genocide on us.””You are not our king, you are not our sovereign, you committed genocide on us. Give us our land back, give us back what you stole from us. Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people – you have destroyed our land, this is not your land “, said Senator Thorpe, one of the senior leaders of the indigenous Aboriginal community in Australia.

Local guards on behalf of the Parliament in Canberra removed Thorpe from the scene, who continued to shout the whole time: “You are not my king, you are not our king, give us an agreement (separation from the British Commonwealth of Nations)”. The king and queen kept their cool, and in the video published from the event, no unusual reactions were recorded.

The unusual visit of King Charles to Australia is accompanied by great criticism from the Australian aboriginal citizens. The King and Queen met with a Native leader named Onti Serena Williams, who met them in traditional Native dress. She herself said that King Charles should personally apologize for long years of colonial occupation “because we have to recognize what happened in the past”.

Lydia Thorpe is the first Aboriginal woman to represent the state of Victoria in the Australian Senate. She previously gained attention after refusing to swear allegiance to the British crown. She is considered one of the supporters and promoters of the referendum held in 2023 to improve the status of the aborigines in Australia.