Sen. Lidia Thorpe, an indigenous lawmaker, was captured on video heckling King Charles III in Canberra, Australia, during his visit to the country.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III ends the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years Tuesday with anti-monarchists hoping his journey is a step toward an Australian citizen becoming head of state.

Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouted anti-colonial slogans at King Charles during his visit to the Australian parliament on Monday, shocking

Senator Lidia Thorpe, who is Indigenous, confronted King Charles in Australian parliament and said the monarch "destroyed our land."

Britain's King Charles travels on Tuesday to Redfern, birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in inner Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator at Parliament House.

Britain's King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra.

The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. During his speech, Charles acknowledged Australia’s First Nations people,