Lidia Thorpe exploded at King Charles, accusing him of committing genocide while shouting ‘fuck the colony’ because he never responded to any of her requests for tea and cake meetings.
Senator Thorpe, the indigenous leader of the Blak Sovereign Movement, made global headlines on Monday when she interrupted a reception at Parliament House in Canberra to shout at visiting royals.
Wrapped in a possum fur coat, the Victorian senator walked down the hallway of the Great Hall shouting: ‘Give us back our land. Give us what you stole from us. Our bones, Our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty.’
As the security guards began to drag her away, she continued screaming: ‘This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my King. You are not my King.’
King Charles reportedly ignored the senator, turned to Queen Camilla and spoke to her until the interruption ended.
Thorpe addressed the situation on Thursday in an interview with Laura Jayes, presenter of Sky’s AM Agenda, during which he explained that he has spent years writing to the King, requesting meetings.
He never received a response from the palace and decided to take matters into his own hands.
Daily Mail Australia has now obtained a private letter Thorpe sent to King Charles in March 2023, before his coronation.
Laura Jayes is pictured, left, during an interview with Lidia Thorpe, right.
Pictured: A letter Lidia Thorpe wrote to King Charles in 2023, before his coronation.
She wrote: ‘Over 200 years ago, war was declared on my people and the First Nations people of this country, through the invasion of our lands. We had no firearms or armies to counter the invasion of their ancestors.
“Since then, our people have been feeling the impact of the diseases brought to our land, the dispossession, displacement and cultural disconnection imposed on us.”
Thorpe said indigenous people “long for peace” and proposed a treaty, similar to treaties with the First Nations of Canada and New Zealand.
“The treaty can provide a path to address the injustices of the past and pave the way for a better future by addressing the systemic causes of the inequalities we continue to face today,” he continued.
“Sir, in light of your commitment to decolonization, I respectfully request a meeting with you in person, if possible prior to Her Majesty’s coronation, to discuss the possibility of the Crown entering into a treaty with the people of the First Nations. Nations of Australia”.
The letter was one of many Senator Thorpe sent to Buckingham Palace. She has never received a response.
Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, launched a foul-mouthed tirade against the King during her visit to Parliament.
His tirade came during King Charles III’s first visit to Australia as monarch.
When Jayes asked why he disrupted King Charles’ reception on Monday, Thorpe said he wanted to raise international awareness for indigenous Australians.
“We are the oldest living culture on the planet and we are the most incarcerated. 24,000 Aboriginal children have been separated from their families, so I wanted to highlight the injustices that are happening in this country,” he said.
“I wanted to sit with the King and have a cup of tea and eat cake with him,” she said.
“I sent him numerous letters; even before he announced his arrival here, I was sending him letters saying, ‘Can we meet?’ I want to talk to you about a treaty. Why didn’t your kingdom sign a treaty with us?”
He said the treaty was not about displacing modern Australians, or “occupying their backyard”, but about giving everyone the opportunity to learn from indigenous people.
There was also a heated exchange when Ms Jayes thought the senator had criticized her for painting her as an “aggressive black woman”.
Ms. Jayes said: “I appreciate you coming, I noticed the veiled criticism perhaps directed at me right there… You say I’m painting you as an aggressive black woman and I wouldn’t do that to other women.” ‘
‘I don’t agree with that, that was not my intention. That you are a woman and that you are black has nothing to do with how I characterize your protest or your treatment of the King. Do you accept it?
Mrs Thorpe replied: “Yes, and it wasn’t directed at you. I’m sorry if you were offended.”
Mrs Jayes said: “Oh no, I didn’t.”
The senator continued: “It was general.”
Ms Jayes asked the senator to explain why she thought she was being attacked by the media and her fellow MPs.
“I’m loud, I’m proud,” Mrs Thorpe said. ‘I’m the oldest of 150 cousins, I had to make noise and that’s what I am.
‘I’m sorry if you feel aggrieved by the way I speak, but I’m there for good, not to divide this country.
“I can give my opinion on many things in parliament, but they prevent me from giving my opinion and that is why I make noise so that they can hear me.”
In the days following his outburst, Thorpe claimed that the “bones and skulls” of Aboriginal people are still in the possession of the Royal Family.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Senator Thorpe’s outburst.
