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.

A politician staged a protest at a royal reception attended by the King and Queen in Canberra, shouting that the monarch had “committed genocide against our people”.

King Charles was told by an indigenous elder that he is ‘welcome’ in Australia, a day after he faced shouts of 'You are not our King,' in Parliament by an Australian senator.