King Charles and Queen Camilla are currently on a royal tour of Australia and Samoa.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy and King Charles is the monarch, but his authority in the country is limited. While the public reportedly welcomes the King and Queen, the royal family faces resistance from anti-monarchists throughout the country.

On Monday, October 21, King Charles was interrupted in his speech to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. Indigenous Australian Senator Lydia Thorpe was heard shouting at the King from the back of the hall, after which the King was escorted out.

“You are not our king. Give us back our lands. Give back what you stole from us.” Thorpe also called for Britain to make a treaty with the indigenous people of Australia, referring to past abuses and colonial genocide.

“Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people,” Thorpe shouted. 'You have destroyed our lands.'

King Charles did not respond well to the criticism he received from Thorpe, the New York Times reported. While Thorpe was quickly escorted from the venue, Charles and Camilla also quickly left the venue.

Meanwhile, a palace official told People magazine that Prince Charles and Camilla were “deeply grateful to the thousands of people who supported them. The warmth and scale of the reception was truly amazing."

In contrast to Thorpe's opinion, Nova Peris OAM OLY posted on X: ”I am very pleased to be here.

“As a former Senator and the first Aboriginal female member of the Australian Parliament, I am deeply disappointed in the actions of independent Senator Lydia Thorpe during Charles III's visit to Parliament House.”

Perris continued. 'Her outburst in ruining an event that should have been respectful was embarrassing and disrespectful to our country and to the Royal Family.'