King Charles III’s life in the public eye has been anything but easy the past couple of years.
First, it was the very public drama between his son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle that created dissent within the royal family
Then, it was a prostate cancer diagnosis that put his health in the public eye.
Now, any mobs are taking their angst out on the man.
During a visit to Australia, an Australian lawmaker was dragged away by security after heckling Charles during his visit to the country, yelling, “You are not my king!”
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Lidia Thorpe, an indigenous Australian independent senator who once called Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer during her swearing-in ceremony in 2022, went after King Charles on Monday inside the Great Hall of the Parliament House in Canberra.
“Give us what you stole from us: our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people,” Thorpe said to Charles.
Thorpe’s disdain for the royal family is well-documented.
In 2022, during Thorpe’s swearing-in ceremony, she said, “I, sovereign Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful, and I bear true allegiance to the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” drawing jeers and groans from her colleagues.
“This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my King, you are not our King!” Thorpe is heard yelling during a video of her being escorted away from the area.
Just before the sudden outburst, Charles gave a speech in which he recognized the First Nations people and their “traditional wisdom,” and offered his respects to the “traditional owners of the lands on which we meet,” The Telegraph reported.
Thorpe’s behavior – which also included her telling the King, “You committed genocide against our people,” and, “F— the colonies” – is now being slammed by fellow lawmakers, the outlet added.
“To show such utter disrespect to King Charles, who has traveled to Australia, despite ongoing cancer treatment, is disgusting,” Ralph Babet, a United Australia Party senator, was quoted as saying.
“Senator Thorpe has disgraced not only herself and the Australian Parliament, but every Australian man, woman and child,” he reportedly added.