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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

Keir Starmer defends King Charles for work during ‘health challenges’ after Lidia Thorpe outburst

Sir Keir Starmer has praised the King’s “fantastic” work on his trip to Australia given his “health challenges”, hours after Charles was shouted at by a politician in the country’s parliament.

The prime minister made the comments in answer to a question about the protest in which Lidia Thorpe, 51, shouted at the King in a fiery address during his royal reception in Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday.

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