85 minutes ago Has the King's tour of Australia been overshadowed by the protests? Vote in our poll

King Charles and Queen Camilla were confronted by an Indigenous senator during their five-day trip to Australia, who accused them of "committing genocide" - and we want to hear your thoughts

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86 minutes ago Indigenous elder scolds Lidia Thorpe for yelling ‘disrespectful’ comments at King Charles

Aunty Violet Sheridan says the Victorian senator ‘does not speak for me and my people’ and called her yelling of ‘fuck the colony’ inappropriateWho is Lidia Thorpe, the Australian senator who accused King Charles of genocide?A Ngunnawal elder has rebuked Lidia Thorpe over her confrontation with King Charles, saying the Victorian senator doesn’t speak for her people and that her comments of “fuck the colony” were “disrespectful”.Aunty Violet Sheridan, 69, met the royals as part of an official greeting party on Monday and was sitting near the king in Parliament House when Thorpe “jumped out”, marched forward and started shouting at the royals. Thorpe yelled at the king to “give us our land back”, and shouted “fuck the colony” and “you are not my king”. Continue reading...

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5 hours 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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5 hours 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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6 hours ago Lidia Thorpe: Who is the Indigenous Australian MP who accused King Charles of genocide on royal tour?

‘Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people’, she shouted

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7 hours ago King Charles verbally assaulted on Australia visit and accused of 'committing genocide'

King Charles and Queen Camilla were confronted by a furious protestor - senator Lidia Thorpe - as they entered Australia's Parliament as part of their visit

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8 hours ago Who is Lidia Thorpe? Australian senator who heckled King Charles has history of outbursts

Yelling at the King and Queen as royal protection officers attempted to lead her out of the building, Senator Lidia Thorpe said: "You committed genocide against our people"

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10 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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10 hours ago King Charles heckled by Australian senator shouting ‘you are not my king’

King Charles‘s landmark address to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday was disrupted by a protesting Indigenous senator shouting “you are not my king” and accusing him of “committ[ing] genocide against our people”.

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