At a Parliament reception to welcome the British monarch, Lidia Thorpe shouted at Charles that he was not her king and should “give us our land back.”
King Charles III of the U.K. delivers a speech while attending a reception at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct. 21, 2024.n Indigenous senator has interrupted a reception for British monarch King Charles III during his first visit since taking the throne, calling for a treaty between the Australian government and First Nations peoples.
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe disrupts proceedings as Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a reception at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct. 21, 2024.“Give us what you stole from us,” Thorpe said, before being quickly escorted out of the room by security. “You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want treaty.”
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