Britain's King Charles, who came to address the Australian Parliament, has had to face protests. Australian MP Lydia Thorpe raised slogans against him and said that this is not your country. This is our land and you people should leave it. During this time, all the MPs gathered were shocked by the behavior of Lydia Thorpe. Lydia Thorpe suddenly started shouting, 'Give back our land. The land that you people have stolen from us and have occupied. The Australian MP kept shouting for about a minute and there was an uproar on the spot.
Somehow, with the help of marshals, Lydia Thorpe was controlled and then 75-year-old King Charles started his address. In fact, even after 123 years of independence, Australia has not yet become a republic. Australia's independent MP opposed the monarchy and said, you are not our king nor is this land yours. King Charles had to stop his speech because of their sloganeering. After this the security personnel took Thorpe out. Let us tell you that Australia was a colony of Britain for almost a century. In 1901, an independent government was formed in Australia, but under the agreement with the British dynasty, the king here is King Charles. In such a situation, Australia has not become a full republic till date.
Currently Charles is in Australia on a 9-day official visit. This is his first foreign trip after suffering from cancer last year. This is not the first time Thorpe has opposed the monarchy. He opposed Queen Elizabeth II only after she was sworn in in 2022. At that time she was the head of state of Australia. He refused to take the oath in the name of Queen Elizabeth.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in the national capital Canberra on Monday. Charles (75) is undergoing treatment for cancer, due to which his travel schedule has been shortened. This is Charles's 17th visit to Australia and his first since becoming Britain's monarch in 2022.
Charles and Camilla rested the day after their arrival and made their first public appearance at a church service in Sydney on Sunday. He then proceeded to Canberra, where he visited the Memorial to the Unknown Australian Soldier. He then attended a reception hosted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House.
He emerged from the war memorial and greeted hundreds of people. Government leaders from all six Australian states did not attend the reception. He declined the invitation on the grounds that he would prefer an Australian citizen as head of state rather than a British monarch. Albanese also wants Australia to become a republic, but has refused to hold a referendum on this during his current term. (with language inputs)
