CANBERRA, Australia — British King Charles III has been berated by an Australian senator in Canberra, who accused the monarchy of “genocide” against her nation’s indigenous people and declared: “You are not my king.”

King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s lackluster tour of Australia finally made global headlines Monday when they were heckled by an angry Indigenous senator who interrupted a signature event and yelled at the royal couple for over a minute,

King Charles urged Australia to take a leading role in the fight against climate change in his Parliament House speech before an Indigenous senator dramatically accused the royal family of genocide.

Britain’s King Charles was heckled by an Australian senator Monday after he finished an address at the country’s parliament house in Canberra. Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous Australian woman who sits as an independent,

King Charles was accused of "genocide" by an Indigenous senator at Australia's Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his "respects to the traditional owners of the lands".

Lidia Thorpe interrupted the ceremony in the capital city of Canberra by shouting for about a minute before she was escorted away by security. The King had just walked away from a lectern to rejoin Queen Camilla sitting on the stage when Thorpe started shouting as she walked forwards from the back of the assembly.

King Charles III was heckled in Australia on Monday by an Indigenous senator who shouted “you’re not my king” as the British monarch spoke to lawmakers.