The Australian lawmaker who heckled King Charles has been branded “the most ludicrous and embarrassing politician in the Commonwealth”, a royal commentator told GB News.
Rafe Heydel-Mankoo urged the public to “ignore” Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe after her outburst in the Australian Parliament, stating she “brings shame and embarrassment on the whole argument”.
Thorpe, shouted anti-colonial slogans at the monarch, shocking assembled lawmakers and dignitaries.
The incident occurred moments after the 75-year-old king had delivered a speech.
Rafe Heydel Manko blasted the politician
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Speaking to GB News, Heydel-Mankoo said: “She has the gold medal for being the most ludicrous and embarrassing politician in the Commonwealth.
“She’s used the F-word in the Senate, and many times she’s laying down in front of lorries. She’s attacked funding of the police.
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“She was thrown to the ground in the rain by the police for trying to shut down the free speech of a gender-critical movement in Canberra as well.
“So let’s just ignore her because I think she brings shame and embarrassment on the whole argument.”
Heydel-Mankoo also defended King Charles, asserting: “There is nobody who is more sympathetic and understanding to the cause of Aborigines than King Charles himself”.
During the outburst, the independent lawmaker shouted: “This is not your land, you are not my King.”
Lidia Thorpe shouted anti-colonial slogans at the monarch
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Thorpe decried what she described as a “genocide” of Indigenous Australians by European settlers.
King Charles remained composed during the outburst, quietly speaking with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
As Thorpe was escorted from the hall, she continued shouting, “Give us what you stole from us — our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty.”
The incident occurred during Charles’ six-day tour of Australia, his first visit since becoming head of state in September 2022.
This trip also marks the King’s first major foreign tour since his cancer diagnosis in February.
Australia was a British colony for over a century, during which thousands of Aboriginal Australians were killed and communities displaced.
The country gained de facto independence in 1901 but remains a constitutional monarchy with King Charles as head of state.
