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.

The official visit marks the first substantial overseas trip for the couple since the monarch was diagnosed with cancer.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are due to arrive in Australia on Friday on a historic royal tour. Eight months ago, I didn’t think I’d be writing those words.In February, Buckingham Palace announced the King had cancer and all his “public-facing duties” stopped - on doctors’ orders.

King Charles III is only the second reigning British monarch to visit Australia. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, became the first 70 years ago.

As Charles and Camilla embarked on their historic tour of Australia, the Queen donned a brooch with an intriguing royal history and touching nods to the late Queen Elizabeth

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.

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Australian royalists travelled from across the country to see King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Sydney ahead of their Canberra engagements.