The Indigenous senator made headlines around the world when she accused the monarch, 75, of genocide and shouted: “You’re not my King!”

Ms Thorpe took her oath in 2022 when Queen Elizabeth II was still the reigning monarch.

She told ABC on Wednesday: “I swore allegiance to the Queen’s hairs if you listen close enough. It wasn’t her ‘heirs’. It was her ‘hairs’.”

Tuuu Schwenke, who lives in Siumu, said she could have never dreamed of the monarch visiting and said it means a great deal to the village, where the population is around 2,000 people.

“Who doesn’t want to meet the king?” she said, smiling.

“No one ever dreamed about the king coming to our village and knowing that he will be staying here is something that we take pride in and look forward to. This means a lot to us.”

Lidia Thorpe, who accused the King of genocide and said that he was not her monarch, made the comments in the wake of her controversial outburst.

She told ABC on Wednesday: “I’m sorry Charlie, but you can’t come here and think that you can say a few nice words about our people while you still have stolen goods.

“You are in receipt of stolen goods, which makes you complicit in theft.”

Ms Thorpe, an Indigenous mother and grandmother, added: “This country wants to swear allegiance to a king from another country whose ancestors have been responsible for massacres, so many massacres in this country, killing our children and our women.

“Why would I, with my hand on my heart, kneel to an oppressor?”

The shadow deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden took the opportunity to pay tribute to King Charles during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.

During a fiery exchange with Angela Rayner, he described the king as someone “we can all agree is a hardworking person”.

The comments come amid the monarch’s ongoing tour of Australia and Samoa, which he has been praised for undertaking during his ongoing cancer battle.

The prime minister of Samoa gave a red carpet welcome to King Charles and Queen Camilla when they arrived in the country on Wednesday.

Upon arrival, Charles, dressed in a grey suit, and Camilla, in a pink dress, were greeted by dignitaries who looked delighted to welcome them to the island country.

The royal family have celebrated the “spectacular” end to King Charles and Queen Camilla’s tour of Australia.

They did so by sharing a video of the thousands of people who had turned up to greet the royals at Sydney Opera House.

“It was a spectacular end to Their Majesties’ visit to Australia at the iconic Sydney Opera House,” an official statement said.

“Thank you to all who came out to show their support – and for so many special memories.”

The monarch, 75, met former professional rugby league player, Mark Geyer, at a barbecue in Sydney and remarked that he looked like could “still play”.

He proceeded to ask Mr Geyer why he had to retire and was informed that it was an issue with his groin.

The King is reported to have replied with a laugh: “I know how you feel!”

The monarch touched down in Samoa on Wednesday evening (22 October), to be greeted on the red carpet by a Guard of Honour.

The royal couple waved as they stepped out of their plane at Faleolo International Airport.

Prime Minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa and Foreign Secretary David Lammy greeted them at the steps before they were introduced to a number of dignitaries.

The King was invited to inspect the Guard of Honour, which was composed of Samoan police officers as the country has no armed forces.

The campaign, led by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation, features a confronting image of a child vomiting plastic, displayed prominently at Samoa’s Faleolo International Airport.

Timed to coincide with the British monarch’s arrival, the campaign pushes for a global plastics treaty to be placed on the meeting’s agenda, 9News reports.

“A global plastics treaty is not a nice-to-have – it is a need-to-have,” said Jay Weatherill, the foundation’s director.

He highlighted the health risks faced by the 2.5 billion citizens of Commonwealth nations, many of whom are under 30.

The Minderoo Foundation has been advocating for such a treaty for two years, warning that current strategies like recycling and reducing consumer demand are insufficient.