A parliamentary reception for the King and Queen in Canberra was interrupted by a protest.
The Victorian independent senator, Lidia Thorpe, hurled insults at the Monarch and was escorted out.
It disrupted an otherwise carefully coordinated day in the nation's capital where thousands of well-wishers gathered for a chance to meet the royal couple.
Political reporter Stephanie Dalzell has the story.

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