Australian senator Senator Lidia Thorpe protested against the United Kingdom’s (UK) Royal family and King Charles lording over their country as Head Of State. “You are not my king, you are not our king”! She screamed.
She recalled Britain killing their people and forcefully taking over their land and forcefully colonizing them. “Give us our land, give us what you stole from us”! she pressed on as security personnel took her out.
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Lidia Thorpe directed her protest against King Charles and Queen Camilla during their recent visit to Australia – one of their many territories, where the Royal couple held a meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Government officials.
Australia was conquered by Britain on January 26, 1788, after countless of its native inhabitants were massacred. Though the country ceremoniously got its independence in 1901, the British Royal Monarchical family still rules as the ceremonial Head Of State while the country has a Prime Minister – Anthony Albanese, who is in charge of the “country’s sovereign’s daily affairs.
Britain’s Influence In Australia And Why Senator Lidia Thorpe Wants A Total Separation
Despite the forceful takeover of Australia by early British settlers which led to the death of almost 14,000 indigenes, SBS – Australia Explained says that Australia owes formal as well as sentimental allegiance to Britain because many of their traditions and laws were gotten from them – following the colonization.
It explained that Australia, just like other Commonwealth nations owes allegiance to Britain as its Head Of State. The Head of State – being either the King or Queen of the UK does not live in far-away Australia, but appoints a representative to see over its affairs, and that representative is called the Governor General.
However, just like the United States power in the United Nations (UN), every election or law must be approved by the British representative in Australia before they become effective
Aside from the Governor General at the helm of affairs, the United Kingdom also appoints a representative in each of the Australian states, as well as provinces in Canada.
Current List Of Countries Still Under Britain’s Rule As Head Of State
Currently, there are 15 nations that still run their government with the United Kingdom (UK) as their Head Of State. These sovereign nations are collectively referred to as the Commonwealth realm:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- The Bahamas
- Belize
- Canada
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Solomon Islands
- Tuvalu
- United Kingdom
