From October 21 to 26, 2024, Charles III and his wife Camilla visited Australia. This is the King of England's first visit as head of state. Although he had just sat down on stage after having spoken his historic speech in front of the Australian parliament, a protester suddenly started shouting. This woman spoke of European colonization and the “genocide” suffered by the Aboriginal people.
When questions were asked as to how this woman could have entered the Great Hall so boldly, it quickly became apparent that she was in fact a senator and had been
guest at the reception. In a statement after the incident, the senator named Lidia Thrope said she had wanted to give the King of England a “notice of complicity in the genocide of the Aborigines”, invoking the Statute of the International Criminal Court of 1998.
Charles III booed in Australian Parliament: “These are not your lands!”
On October 21, 2024, wearing a long possum skin coat, Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe walked calmly and deliberately down the aisle toward the stage, where Charles III, Queen Camilla and others officials were seated. “These are not your lands, these are not your lands,
you are not my kingyou are not our king”, launched the demonstrator to the attention of the King of England.
The security guards walked over to her and slowly but surely directed towards the exit. According to express.co.ukthey did not pull her by force, but as they began to wrap her up to take her away, she became more and more animated. It took security forces almost a minute to evacuate the lone protester. As Senator Lidia Thorpe was led back into the lobby, she shouted: “F*** les
colonies!”
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“I was in the room when Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe violently criticized King Charles,” a witness told express.co.uk.
Charles III: the King of England insulted by an Aboriginal elected official in the Australian Parliament
After the protester was expelled, those in the press box turned around, eyebrows raised and shocked by what had just happened. Everyone was aware that this person was about to overshadow King Charles III and Queen Camilla's trip to Canberra and dominate the news agenda.
In addition to this verbal violence against King Charles III of England, the demonstrator, known as Aboriginal senator Lidia Thorpe, has already the front pages of the newspapers in the past because of his commitment to indigenous rights. According to express.co.ukshe was also one of the twenty people who protested against the visit of the King of England in front of the war memorial earlier in the day.
