King Charles’ address to the Australian parliament erupted into chaos Monday after a senator shouted “you are not my king” and accused him of “committing genocide against our people.”
King Charles’ address to the Australian parliament erupted into chaos Monday after a senator shouted “you are not my king” and accused him of “committing genocide against our people.”
The cancer-stricken monarch, 75, is currently Down Under on a five-day tour as part of an official state visit with his wife, Queen Camilla.
It is the king’s first visit to Australia as sovereign.
After wrapping up his speech in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe immediately rushed over to the stage.
“This is not your country,” she yelled at Charles, who sat beside his wife and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.
