<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>331521</docID> <postdate>2024-10-22 08:09:38</postdate> <headline>Royals back in Sydney for barbecue, Navy review</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-331522" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241021171908744323-original-resized-e1729544699478.jpg" alt="" width="742" height="495" /></p> <caption>King Charles will meet Indigenous leaders before joining Queen Camilla for a community barbecue. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Jack Gramenz</strong> in Sydney</span></p> <p><strong>King Charles and Queen Camilla will carry out a final round of events in Sydney after an at-times fiery visit to the nation's capital as the royal tour wraps up.</strong></p> <p>Their Majesties will attend a community barbecue in Sydney's west hosted by NSW Premier Chris Minns ahead of a meet and greet with well-wishers in front of the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday afternoon.</p> <p>The last time a sovereign met the crowds at the Opera House was when the late Queen Elizabeth II visited in 2006.</p> <p>Their Majesties will then participate in a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Review of five ships on Sydney Harbour.</p> <p>The Navy, the Australian Army, and the Royal Australian Air Force will conduct fly-pasts and more than 600 officers and sailors will conduct a 'cheer ship' salute.</p> <p>In the morning, the King and Queen will split up for separate engagements.</p> <p>King Charles will visit the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence while Queen Camilla will visit Refettorio OzHarvest and Green Square Library in the inner city.</p> <p>Later, the King will visit the Melanoma Institute where he will meet joint Australians of the Year Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer.</p> <p>The King, 75, was earlier this year diagnosed with a form of cancer, the type of which has not been officially confirmed.</p> <p>The final day of events for the royal couple comes after Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe interrupted a reception in Parliament House on Monday to protest the monarchy.</p> <p>"You are not our king. You are not sovereign," the Indigenous senator said before being led away by officials.</p> <p>"You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us - our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people," she said before being removed.</p> <p>While in Canberra, the King also laid a wreath at the Australian War Memorial and planted a gum tree at the Botanic Gardens.</p> <p>He met with volunteer firefighters and researchers at the CSIRO bushfire behaviour lab, witnessing a demonstration of how quickly bushfires can spread and learning about suppression methods.</p> <p>The Queen attended a roundtable discussion about domestic and family violence while the King met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.</p> <p>Following events in Sydney, the King and Queen travel to Samoa to open the annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.</p> <p>https://citynews.com.au/2024/fallout-from-not-my-king-outburst-continues/</p> </body>