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‘This means a lot to us’: Samoa prepares to welcome Charles to the ‘land of kings’

Some government workers given time off to help prepare for royal visit and Commonwealth leaders’ meeting as excitement on the island buildsIn the small village of Siumu, south of the capital Apia, locals have been busy cleaning the sides of the road and hoisting British flags as they prepare for a historic visit from King Charles III.Bamboo has been planted on the roadside, coconuts and houses painted blue, white and red in the colours of the Samoan flag. Children will line the road to welcome the King and Queen Camilla to Siumu on Wednesday. School is on a semester break and more than 200 teachers have been pulled in to help prepare for the event. Continue reading...

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												16 hours ago											A Samoan village prepares to welcome King Charles but fears an uncertain future for its reef
												
													People who live in villages along the Samoan coastline where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground, caught fire and sank this month are worried about their livelihoods and the future of tourism and fishing in the area as they prepare for the arrival of Britain's King Charles III on Wednesday												
												
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												32 hours 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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												37 hours ago											Who is Lidia Thorpe? Australian senator who heckled King Charles at Parliamentary reception
												
													The senator shouted “You are not my King” and “This is not your land” at the monarch during a royal reception												
												
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												40 hours ago											Royal news live: King Charles told ‘give us our land back’ by senator after speech in Australian parliament
												
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												43 hours ago											Lidia Thorpe unleashes on King Charles during welcome ceremony: 'Give us our land back'
												
													Senator Lidia Thorpe has interrupted King Charles address at Parliament.												
												
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