An indigenous Australian senator was heard on video calling Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer during her swearing-in ceremony on Monday. The remark by Lydia Thorpe of the Australian Greens party drew jeers and groans from her colleagues inside the Australian Parliament in Canberra. “I, Sovereign Lydia Thorpe, do solemnly and truly affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty’s Colonist Queen Elizabeth II,” Thorpe, who entered the room with a raised fist, was heard to say before. cut off by Senate President Sue Lines. “You’re not a senator if you don’t do it right,” said one of Thorpe’s colleagues. QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HER RECORD-BREAKING RULE AS LONGEST-REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks during a rally in front of Parliament on April 10, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. ((Diego Fedele/Getty Images)) Lines then asked Thorpe to repeat the oath, this time “as it is printed on the card.” Before Thorpe did so, he was seen turning and looking at a person, telling that person “you have to respect”. Incoming Senator Lidia Thorpe during her Senate swearing in at Parliament House in October 2020 in Canberra, Australia. ((Sam Mooy/Getty Images)) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Thorpe later retweeted a photo of the incident, writing on her account that “sovereignty was never granted.” Queen Elizabeth II arrives to mark the completion of the London Crossrail project at Paddington Station on May 17, 2022 in London, England. (Andrew Matthews – WPA Pool/Getty Images) The Australian Greens party, on its website, says it recognizes “Traditional Owners of country across Australia and recognizes their continuing connection to the land, water and culture” and that “these lands were stolen and the sovereignty never granted.”
