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 agents (…)
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