Aboriginal protester arrested during King's Sydney tour

An Aboriginal protester has been arrested astatine the Sydney Opera House arsenic crowds await a glimpse of the King and Queen connected the last time of their circuit successful Australia.

Throngs of radical person packed the harbourside forecourt, wherever the royal mates are owed to sojourn connected Tuesday afternoon.

Wayne Wharton, a salient Indigenous activistic from Brisbane, was arrested aft shouting anti-monarchist slogans and refusing a constabulary bid to determination on.

It comes arsenic backlash implicit an Aboriginal senator's heckling of King Charles successful Canberra connected Monday intensifies, with politicians and immoderate Indigenous leaders condemning Lidia Thorpe's behaviour.

Mr Wharton had shouted "he’s not my King", echoing the words of Thorpe the time before.

The assemblage waiting for the royals - galore clutching mini national jack flags - shouted backmost "God prevention the King".

Mr Wharton had besides protested extracurricular the religion work the royals attended connected Sunday.

When the Kooma antheral was arrested and placed into a constabulary van connected Tuesday, the gathered assemblage applauded officers.

Many of the hundreds determination had been queuing since aboriginal connected Tuesday, a fewer draped successful British flags. Others had accessorised with royal-themed jewellery and handbags.

“We privation to observe our state and each the radical successful it,” says Karen Clark, with her small boys Benjamin and Harrison who were some wearing crowns and capes with a fake fur trim.

“We were brought up with the King, we observe the King’s day with the boys - it’s amusive to person precocious beverage and formal up successful our champion outfits.”

“My begetter was from Liverpool and I’ve ever been funny successful the Royals,” says Bettina Bethuel who came with her person Taja Shephard.

Taja saw the heckling by Thorpe connected TV and wasn’t impressed.

“Ï thought it was a small rude but I accidental she makes her constituent for Indigenous people,” she said. “But I don’t deliberation it’s due however she behaved.”

On the different broadside of the metropolis connected Tuesday, King Charles visited the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence successful Redfern, wherever helium met with Aboriginal elders.

The autarkic senator's protestation has been praised by immoderate Indigenous activists arsenic brave, but condemned by different salient Aboriginal Australians arsenic "embarrassing" and disrespectful.

It has besides been roundly criticised by her parliamentary peers.