Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, who made headlines for yelling at King Charles and calling him “not our sovereign”, defended her actions. 

Senator Thorpe had started shouting at the British monarch after he spoke at the Australian parliament on Monday (Oct 21).

“Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us! Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty!” said Thorpe.

“You are not our King, you are not sovereign… you have committed genocide against our people,” she further shouted. 

At that moment, security stopped the senator from getting close to the monarch and took her out of the chamber in Canberra.

Speaking to Sky News, Thorpe said that she stood by her actions.

“We are the real sovereigns in this country. The King lives in your country, he’s from your country. He can’t be our King,” she added. 

“We have our bones and our skulls still in his family’s possession. We want that back. We want our land back. And we want your King to take some leadership and sit at the table and discuss a treaty with us,” stated the senator.

Explaining why she called the British monarch “genocidal”, Thorpe said, “There are thousands of massacre sites in this country from invasion and someone needs to answer for that. He is the successor, then he needs to answer”.

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She further added that she “wasn’t fussed” if some believe that she had abused her power, as she enjoys “the support of Aboriginal people around this country”.

Thorpe stated that the outburst was for “global truth-telling about the royals who caused so much devastation – to not only your people in this country but Indigenous people around the world”.

Around 20 people, along with the senator, protested against the royals as they laid a wreath at a Canberra war memorial on Monday (Oct 21).

The senator had not taken an oath of allegiance to the late Queen when she joined the office.

(With inputs from agencies)