Among the thousand plus well-wishers gathered to greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Monday was Hephner, a nine-year old alpaca in a suit with a crown perched atop his fluffy white head.

At a Parliament reception to welcome the British monarch, Lidia Thorpe shouted at Charles that he was not her king and should “give us our land back.”

Lidia Thorpe, an Independent Australian senator, made global headlines after a dramatic confrontation with King Charles during his visit to Australia. The outspoken Indigenous rights advocate accused the British monarch of committing "genocide" against Aboriginal people,