An Australian lawmaker was taken away by security after yelling 'You're not my king!' and heckled visiting King Charles III.
Indigenous Australian independent senator Lydia Thorpe, who once called Queen Elizabeth II a colonialist during her 2022 swearing-in ceremony, went after King Charles inside the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
“Give us back what you stole from us: our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people,” Thorpe told Charles.
“This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my king, you are not our king!” a video of Mr Thorpe being escorted from the scene says. I could hear screaming inside.
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Australia's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jody Haydon at Parliament House on Monday, October 21, in Canberra, Australia. Senator Lydia Thorpe (center) is taken away for obstructing the filibuster. . (Pool photo via Lukas Koch/AP)
Ahead of the riot, the king gave a speech in which he recognized indigenous peoples and their “traditional wisdom” and paid respect to the “traditional owners of the lands we meet.” The Telegraph reported.
The newspaper reported that Thorpe's actions, which included telling the king, “You have committed genocide against our people” and “You are a colony,” have now been criticized by fellow MPs. the paper added.
United Australia Party senator Ralph Babett said: “It is disgusting to see such utter disrespect for King Charles, who visited Australia despite continuing treatment for cancer.” .
“Senator Thorpe has dishonored not only herself and the Australian Parliament, but every man, woman and child in Australia,” he reportedly added.
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Australian Senator Lydia Thorpe has previously referred to Queen Elizabeth II as a colonizer. (Pool photo via Lukas Koch/AP)
Aunt Violet Sheridan, a Ngunnawal elder who was sitting next to King Charles on stage when the incident broke, told the Telegraph she was “horrified for life” and said: “I feel disrespected and out of line. “I thought so,” he said.
“I hope we can solve this problem before our next generation is born,” she said. “I hope people see it for what it is: a one-time fool.”
British King Charles III and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appear at Government House in Canberra, Australia, on Monday, October 21st. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
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At Thorpe's swearing-in ceremony held in the same building in 2022, she said: “I, Sovereign Lydia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm that I am loyal to Queen Elizabeth II of the Colonization. I pledge my true allegiance to His Majesty.” ”, drawing jeers and groans from colleagues.
