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King Charles protestor breaks silence after posting vile cartoon showing monarch beheaded

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A senator who screamed at King Charles shortly after the monarch made a speech has issued a statement after an inappropriate cartoon was shared on her social media.

Earlier today in Australia, Lidia Thorpe , 77, after his speech at Australia's Parliament House.

She also as she was removed from the room and away from the monarch and Queen Camilla, 75.

In the hours following her protest, was shared on Senator Lidia Thorpe's Instagram story.

She has since claimed she did not post the cartoon, which shows the King's eyes as crosses, and that she does not condone violence.

, the picture, posted and created by Matt Chun, co-editor of anti-imperialist publication The Sunday Paper, was captioned "You are not our king".

The images has now been deleted, with Thorpe claiming it was posted on her account by a member of her team.

The Senator said: "Earlier tonight, without my knowledge, one of my staff shared an image to my Instagram stories created by another account. I deleted it as soon as I saw.

"I would not intentionally share anything that could be seen to encourage violence against anyone. That's not what I'm about."


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The protest comes as the King and Queen Camilla are

The pair have been met with plenty of well wishers and royal fans since landing in the country on Friday.

The King has also especially for the tour, with this decision being approved by his doctors.

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