No-nonsense British journalist confronts Lidia Thorpe live on air [Video]

Lidia Thorpe has clashed with British Sky News host Kay Burley, who demanded to know why she accused the King of ‘genocide’ during her outburst at  Parliament House.

The independent Victorian senator and outspoken Aboriginal activist made headlines around the world by shouting at King Charles following his speech in Canberra on Monday.

Dressed in a possum-skin pelt, Sen. Thorpe repeatedly told the King ‘you are not my king’, ‘f**k the colony’ and accused him of being a ‘genocidalist’.

Burley initially asked the senator what prompted her outburst. 

‘Global truth telling about the Royals who caused so much devastation to not only our people in this country but Indigenous people around the world,’ she said.

‘We don’t have a treaty in this country, we’ve been calling for decades and decades for a treaty. We just want peace.’

Sen. Thorpe said she wanted to see incarceration rates of Aboriginal people drop and demanded those responsible for their …