British media personality Piers Morgan has unleashed a scathing critique of Senator Lidia Thorpe, blasting her fiery confrontation with King Charles during his recent tour of Australia.
Thorpe made headlines around the globe recently when she confronted King Charles at Parliament House, declaring “you are not our king” in a passionate protest.
The incident unfolded following the King’s speech, in which he paid tribute to the progress Australia had made since his first visit to the country in 1966. As the King finished speaking, Senator Thorpe began shouting at the Monarch as she approached the front of the room.
“You are not our king. You are not sovereign. You are not our king. You are not sovereign,” she said.
“You committed genocide against our people. 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. We want treaty.
“F*@k the colony.”
Security swiftly intervened and escorted Senator Thorpe from the building as King Charles spoke with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
As a proud supporter of the Royal Family, Morgan took issue with Thorpe’s actions, using his column in The Sun to take aim at the Senator over her “foul-mouthed” protest.
“The first tour of Australia by a reigning British king had threatened to be a damp squib disappointment after days marred by rain, noisy anti-Monarchy protestors, and a series of pathetic political snubs culminating in an idiot attention-seeking senator screaming at Charles about his supposed complicity in committing genocide against Aboriginals,” he wrote.
“But the Aussie people didn’t get the royal-bashing memo, and in a stunning outpouring of joyful support, out they came in huge numbers at the iconic Sydney Opera House to pay tribute to King Charles and Queen Camilla on the final day of their short but historic trip.”
Despite facing widespread condemnation, Thorpe has stood by her actions, recently telling ABC Radio that she confronted the King at Parliament House after repeated written requests for a “respectful conversation” were allegedly ignored.
“That wasn’t afforded to me, so I did that for my people. I did that for my grandmother, and I wanted the world to know that we need a treaty here and we want an end to this ongoing war against first peoples in this country,” she said.
“I don’t subscribe to assimilating myself into the colonial structure.
“Why doesn’t he say, I am sorry for the many, many thousands of massacres that happened in this country and that my ancestors and my kingdom are responsible for that.”