٠٠:٠٠:٣٥King Charles III's official visit to the Australian parliament was disrupted by heckling from Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe, as seen in footage taken in Canberra on Monday.
"You are not our sovereign. You committed genocide against our people," Thorpe can be heard shouting. "Give us what you stole from us! Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty."
"This is not your land. You are not my king!" she continued as she was led away by security. Thorpe is the first Indigenous senator for Victoria and a vocal campaigner for Aboriginal rights.
British and European settlers first arrived in huge numbers in the 18th century, leading to mass displacement and hundreds of documented massacres of Indigenous people, according to historians.
Australia's six British colonies become the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, although the British monarch remained head of state. Citizens rejected a republic in 1999, although the campaign - and demands for more Indigenous rights and reparations - have continued.
Earlier in the day, Charles and his Queen Camilla were welcomed by a line of politicians and schoolchildren. They received a traditional welcome in the Great Hall of Parliament House and laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial. On Sunday, the royal couple also attended a church service in Sydney.
'You are not my King!' - Indigenous senator heckles Charles III at visit to Australian parliament
King Charles III's official visit to the Australian parliament was disrupted by heckling from Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe, as seen in footage taken in Canberra on Monday.
"You are not our sovereign. You committed genocide against our people," Thorpe can be heard shouting. "Give us what you stole from us! Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty."
"This is not your land. You are not my king!" she continued as she was led away by security. Thorpe is the first Indigenous senator for Victoria and a vocal campaigner for Aboriginal rights.
British and European settlers first arrived in huge numbers in the 18th century, leading to mass displacement and hundreds of documented massacres of Indigenous people, according to historians.
Australia's six British colonies become the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, although the British monarch remained head of state. Citizens rejected a republic in 1999, although the campaign - and demands for more Indigenous rights and reparations - have continued.
Earlier in the day, Charles and his Queen Camilla were welcomed by a line of politicians and schoolchildren. They received a traditional welcome in the Great Hall of Parliament House and laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial. On Sunday, the royal couple also attended a church service in Sydney.
King Charles III's official visit to the Australian parliament was disrupted by heckling from Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe, as seen in footage taken in Canberra on Monday.
"You are not our sovereign. You committed genocide against our people," Thorpe can be heard shouting. "Give us what you stole from us! Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty."
"This is not your land. You are not my king!" she continued as she was led away by security. Thorpe is the first Indigenous senator for Victoria and a vocal campaigner for Aboriginal rights.
British and European settlers first arrived in huge numbers in the 18th century, leading to mass displacement and hundreds of documented massacres of Indigenous people, according to historians.
Australia's six British colonies become the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, although the British monarch remained head of state. Citizens rejected a republic in 1999, although the campaign - and demands for more Indigenous rights and reparations - have continued.
Earlier in the day, Charles and his Queen Camilla were welcomed by a line of politicians and schoolchildren. They received a traditional welcome in the Great Hall of Parliament House and laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial. On Sunday, the royal couple also attended a church service in Sydney.