Royal fans shouted 'God save the King' in response to a protester yelling 'he's not my king' ahead of King Charles's visit to Sydney.

Charles and Camilla's royal tour of Australia and Samoa has been met favorably by most members of the general public. However, the couple's trip has also faced anti-monarchy sentiment, with Australian senator Lidia Thorpe heckling the King in Parliament, per The New York Times.

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla met large, cheering crowds in Sydney after attending a church service on Sunday, the first event of their Australia tour.

Not everyone is happy about King Charles and Queen Camilla ’s visit to Australia, with protests recently taking place in Sydney. Now, protesters have thrown what seems to be red paint on the large Queen Victoria statue that sits outside the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney’s CBD.

King Charles and Queen Camilla flew to Australia's capital Canberra on Monday where crowds gathered for their first visit to the city in almost a decade. Charles' 16th official visit to Australia, where he attended school for six months as a teenager in 1966,

King Charles arrived in Australia on Friday for his first trip there as head of the monarchy with Queen Camilla by his side,

Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer, had finished speaking when independent senator and Indigenous activist Lidia Thorpe shouted that she did not accept Charles' sovereignty over Australia.

By Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) -Among the thousand plus well-wishers gathered to greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Monday was Hephner, a nine-year old alpaca in a suit with a crown perched atop his fluffy white head.

King Charles, who is visiting Australia with Queen Camilla, had just made a speech to the Parliament in Canberra when the incident occurred

Sky News Political Reporter Cameron Reddin says King Charles and Queen Camilla visiting Australia is a “historic occasion” and “a moment a lot of people here won’t forget”.