Senator who verbally assaulted King Charles 'shares cartoon picture of monarch beheaded' before deleting it
Fury erupts at senator that verbally assaulted King Charles shares cartoon picture of monarch beheaded
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The Australian senator, who shouted "You are not my King" at King Charles has now deleted a cartoon image of the monarch beheaded which she claims was posted by a member of her team.
A cartoon of King Charles's head lying next to a crown was shared on Senator Lidia Thorpe's Instagram story.
The King's eyes are shown with crosses, and the crown is on its side the left of the head.
The picture, posted and created by Matt Chun, co-editor of anti-imperialist publication The Sunday Paper, is captioned "You are not our king" and contains a video of the senator's protest earlier today.
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Along with the cartoon, a member of Thorpe's team reposted several other posts covering and, in some cases, praising her actions that she has kept on her story.
One post read: "Love her or hate her. She does more for mob and Indigenous communities than the people in the comment section."
Another post described her actions as "Legendary".
It follows her outburst earlier this morning where she shouted at the King and said 'genocide' had been committed against the Commonwealth country's Indigenous people.
She later deleted the cartoon around four hours later.
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She said: "This is not your land. You are not my King. You are not our King. F**k the colony."
Security peacefully assorted her out of the reception as she continued to shout abuse at the head of state.
Lidia Thorpe is very vocal on her social media platforms.
King Charles III is the head of state in Australia, the UK and 13 other Commonwealth nations.
He has expressed his "deep love and affection" for Australia before arriving in Sydney on Friday for his first major overseas tour since his cancer diagnosis.
One in three Australians thought the country should become a republic, according to a recent poll, down from over 45% who voted that way in a national referendum in 1999.
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The King continued his royal duties despite the interruption and was later seen smiling as he greeted assembly members.
PAThe poll shows one in four Australians says they have had a more favourable view of King Charles since his inauguration, with one in 20 respondents being less positive.
Royal correspondent Steward explained: "Lidia Thorpe is actually the first Aboriginal senator. She's the senator for Victoria, and she has a reputation for popping up and protesting.
"This would have not come as much of a surprise to the people there. She was wearing an aborigine cape. She has a right to [protest] it's a democracy."
"I think that the King was actually rather taken aback more than hurt. I think he knows perfectly well that there are demonstrations all over the world.
"The things she said, 'you're not my King' is something that he has heard before, but it doesn't make it very pleasant."
The King continued his royal duties despite the interruption and was later seen smiling as he greeted assembly members.