30 minutes ago Australian senator shares cartoon of beheaded King Charles after protest in parliament

Lidia Thorpe earlier stormed into a royal reception where she shouted that Charles had ‘committed genocide’

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36 minutes ago King Charles’s poignant comments about Australian Indigenous people before senator accused him of genocide

The monarch said the ‘timeless wisdom’ of Indigenous people can help fight climate change

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74 minutes ago Who is Lidia Thorpe? Radical indigenous Australian senator behind King Charles rant had romance with ex

Lidia Thorpe, 51, (pictured) has a track record of stunts at major political events and angry outbursts, from calling the Queen a 'coloniser' to berating a group of men outside a strip club.

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79 minutes ago Fury as radical Australian Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe posts beheaded King Charles cartoon hours after hijacking and embarrassing King by accusing him of 'genocide' at royal welcome event

Dressed in a native fur coat, Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, shouted at Parliament House in Canberra that the King had 'committed genocide against our people', adding: 'F*** the colony'.

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2 hours ago Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe faces angry backlash over 'rude and disrespectful' outburst during King Charles' visit

Dressed in a native fur coat, Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, shouted at Parliament House in Canberra that the King had 'committed genocide against our people', adding: 'F*** the colony'.

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2 hours ago With her protest before the king, Lidia Thorpe bursts the warm bubble of nostalgia around the royal visit | Karen Middleton

Charles and Camilla entered the Great Hall from a door behind the stage – not from the foyer, down the centre aisle, and past Thorpe. Now we may know whyKing Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament HouseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs soon as Lidia Thorpe RSVP’d to the royal reception at Parliament House, it would have been clear to those in charge of protocol that there was probably going to be a protest.Perhaps this was why the king and queen and their hosts entered the Great Hall from a door behind the stage and not straight ahead from the foyer, down the centre aisle and right past where Thorpe, dressed in a possum-skin cloak, had taken up an early position at the front of a group of waiting MPs. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago King Charles is heckled by radical Australian politician accusing him of 'genocide' and shouting 'give us our land back... f*** the colony' in ugly confrontation during his tour down under 

Firebrand Indigenous politician Lidia Thorpe has interrupted King Charles ' address at Parliament House in Canberra with a foul-mouthed rant, after he finished a speech praising his welcome to Australia.

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7 hours ago King Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament House

Independent senator yells ‘this is not your country’ and ‘give us a treaty’ at monarch during key event of king’s five-day visit to AustraliaKing Charles has been heckled by an Indigenous Australian senator, who called for a treaty and accused the crown of stealing Aboriginal land, as he concluded a speech at Parliament House in Canberra.Charles, on a five-day visit to Australia with Queen Camilla, addressed MPs and senators in the Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday. It was a key moment of his inaugural visit to Australia as monarch. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago King Charles confronted by furious Australian politician who accuses royals of 'genocide'

King Charles and Queen Camilla were visiting Parliament House in Canberra as part of their Australian tour when Senator Lidia Thorpe, an indigenous campaigner, burst into the Great Hall where the monarch had just given a speech and shouted 'You're not my King'

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