For King Charles, his trip to Australia does not only have happy moments. Above all, the difficult relationship with the indigenous people has recently become the focus.
King Charles III met with Indigenous leaders and survivors of the Stolen Generations on the final day of his visit to Australia. This is the name given to the countless children who were taken away from their families during colonization by the British and “re-educated” by whites in forced institutions. Some victims told Charles their stories, Australian broadcaster ABC reported.
There was a scandal in the Australian Parliament in Canberra on Monday when an indigenous senator verbally attacked the king (the star reported). After a speech by Charles, the politician Lidia Thorpe shouted loudly into the hall: “You are not my king, you are not our king!” Before she was taken away by security guards, she demanded: “Give us back our country!”
King Charles “has to deal with it”
A reporter specializing in indigenous affairs told ABC television that it was inevitable that the king would have difficult conversations with indigenous people on this trip. “I think he’s going to have to deal with that and talk about it and then go home and think about the impact of colonization on First Nations people.” The approximately 980,000 indigenous Australians are still disadvantaged in many ways compared to the remaining 26 million Australians and often live on the margins of society.
At the National Center of Indigenous Excellence in Sydney, Charles also attended an Indigenous dance performance, which was accompanied by traditional instruments – most notably the iconic didgeridoo. Later he wanted to visit the famous Sydney Opera House with his wife Camilla.
It is the king’s first long-distance trip since he made his cancer public a few months ago. According to British media, he interrupted his treatment because of the visit. On Wednesday the couple will travel to the Pacific island nation of Samoa, northeast of Fiji, for the Commonwealth summit. The confederation mainly includes former British colonies.
Source: Stern
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