King Charles will remain “very strong” and continue to “do his best for Australia” after being confronted by Senator Lidia Thorpe, it has been claimed.
The indigenous senator for Victoria stormed the British monarch’s address to Parliament in Canberra during his first trip to the country as head of state.
Before being escorted out of the building by security, Thorpe told the monarch to “give us our land back”, declaring “you are not my King” in a rage-filled display against the monarch.
Reacting to the demonstration, Levin defended the King and affirmed that he will be “very strong” despite the “unpleasant” and “ridiculous” confrontation.
Angela Levin hit out at Lidia Thorpe’s ‘rude’ and ‘unpleasant’ gesture towards King Charles in Parliament
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Levin explained: “King Charles knows that there are people who actually want to grab a lot of attention, who are a little bit off their rocket, as you could call it, and he would just carry on.
“Camilla next to him was smiling in a way to say, ‘oh gosh, here we go’. He’s very strong, and he’s used to things like this.”
Highlighting how Charles and Camilla have had “such a warm welcome” from Australia so far, Levin claimed that the protest will “not affect” the King, branding Thorpe’s actions “ridiculous”.
She told GB News: “He’s had such a wonderful welcome, there were thousands of people outside the church yesterday, and people are delighted to have seen him. So here, this is one person who is quite honestly ridiculous.”
King Charles was heckled by the Indigenous senator during his address to Parliament in Canberra
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Levin also revealed that Thorpe had attempted to cause a scene at the Australian War Memorial, where King Charles and Queen Camilla were visiting.
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Levin revealed: “She tried to make a big show of herself yesterday at the Australian War Memorial, and police were trying to stop her and she was fighting with them and screaming at the same time.
“So she pulled off her jumper, which is what he was hanging onto and ran away. She obviously thought, well, I’ll try again tomorrow.”
In criticism of Thorpe’s determination to disrupt the King and Queen’s tour of Australia, Levin fumed: “We mustn’t take too much notice of extremely rude, unpleasant people.
“Nowadays the senators are voted in by popular votes, they’re not just chosen. And so I hope that the public there will think that she’s not the right person to choose ever again.”
Angela Levin suggested Thorpe may lose her seat as Senator at the next election following her protest
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When asked by host Ben Leo about the King’s efforts to go ahead with his Australia tour despite his ongoing cancer treatment, Levin said the monarch “does his best” for Australia as their head of state, and it will cost their nation “millions” to get rid of him.
Levin added: “This is his 16th visit to Australia, and you can tell he really wants to come because he’s not well and he’s still having his cancer treatment, which he’s stopped especially so that he won’t get too tired and he can manage all that’s going on.
“They are going to do 30,000 miles actually in these next ten days, and they’re trying to get through ten things a day, splitting off so that Camilla will go one place, he will go the other. If they want to take a vote on whether they should get rid of him, it will cost them £150 million.
“So it’s just really down to rudeness and lack of politeness and being very unpleasant to a man who actually does his best.”
