On his first Australian visit in 13 years, King Charles faced backlash from an outspoken senator who accused the monarch of not being her country’s king. Keep scrolling to read her shocking speech, the motivation behind her heckling and what it means for the future of Australia and the Commonwealth.

King Charles was confronted by an Indigenous senator who told him "you are not my king" and demanded a treaty between Australia's First Nations and its government on Monday.Senator Lidia Thorpe waited until the end of a landmark speech Charles gave at Australia's Parliament House to verbally attack him and say "genocide" had been committed against the Commonwealth country's indigenous people.

The 75-year-old monarch was in the middle of a meeting in Australia's Parliament House when he was interrupted by a protest.