The three-word warning a Liberal senator gave Lidia Thorpe seconds before she started yelling at King Charles
Senator Lidia Thorpe has claimed a Liberal senator whispered to her not to play before she shouted at King Charles in the Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday.
King Charles visited Australia’s highest office to address MPs and Senators as part of his five-day Royal Tour to Australia with Queen Camilla.
His visit was overshadowed by an outburst from Senator Thorpe who shouted at the king as he ended his speech in scenes televised around the world.
During an interview with The Saturday Paper, Senator Thorpe said a Liberal Senate colleague tried to “keep her out of the way” before another whispered to her: “Don’t play along.”
Senator Thorpe revealed she was carrying a summons from her uncle Robbie calling the monarch before the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity.
Senator Thorpe told the newspaper that she had requested a meeting with the king and that she intended to hand him the writ privately.
“If he had walked past me, I would have politely said, ‘King, you have been served,’” she said.
Instead, the senator became enraged. She “looked up at the pomp, the extravagance and then at the blatant disregard for what had happened to our people.”
King Charles’ visit was overshadowed by an outburst from Senator Thorpe (pictured) who shouted at the King as he finished his speech in scenes televised around the world.
Senator Thorpe revealed she was carrying a summons from her uncle Robbie calling the monarch before the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity
‘You are not our king. You are not sovereign,’ she shouted at the monarch,
“You have committed genocide against our people. Give us our country back.
“Give us what you stole from us: our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people.
‘You have destroyed our country. Give us a treaty. We want a Treaty in this country. You are a genocide plotter. This is not your country. This is not your country. You are not my king. You are not our king. F..k the colony, f..k the colony, f..k the colony.’
Senator Thorpe told the newspaper that when a black woman spoke in a loud voice, they were criticized as intimidating, angry, sick, or that there was something wrong with them.
Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers told Sky News that the king and queen appeared “unfazed” by the senator’s outburst
Daily Mirror editor Russell Myers told Sky News that the king and queen appeared “unfazed” by the senator’s outburst.
“Charles has been around for a long time, he’s seen everything, I don’t think it worried him,” he said.
“She had her big moment in the sun, but that certainly didn’t derail the tour.”
Senator Thorpe’s parliamentary colleagues have called for her to resign and resign from her position in the Senate in the aftermath of the confrontation.