King Charles isn’t only the Head of State of the United Kingdom, he is also the Head of State of the Commonwealth countries, which includes Australia, Canada and many more. Although, in recent years, several countries within the Commonwealth have expressed their desire to be independent.
Indeed, the first country to leave was Ireland in 1948 and in 2021, Barbados removed the late Queen Elizabeth as the country’s Head of State and became a republic, as per BBC. In some of the Commonwealth countries, there is a growing unease as some citizens wish their country was independent.
One of the countries that is growing more and more restless on the matter is Australia and with the events of the past weekend, activists want results.
Anti-monarchists in Australia send King Charles a worrying birthday message
June 10 marked King Charles’ birthday in some states in Australia. What should have been a celebration ended up being the occasion for some to make a statement. As reported by Daily Mail, the WACA group, which stands for Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance, cut off the head of the George V statue in Melbourne.
King Charles: Anti-monarchists send gruesome message ahead of monarch’s visit
King Charles isn’t only the Head of State of the United Kingdom, he is also the Head of State of the Commonwealth countries, which includes Australia, Canada and many more. Although, in recent years, several countries within the Commonwealth have expressed their desire to be independent.
Indeed, the first country to leave was Ireland in 1948 and in 2021, Barbados removed the late Queen Elizabeth as the country’s Head of State and became a republic, as per BBC. In some of the Commonwealth countries, there is a growing unease as some citizens wish their country was independent.
One of the countries that is growing more and more restless on the matter is Australia and with the events of the past weekend, activists want results.
Anti-monarchists in Australia send King Charles a worrying birthday message
June 10 marked King Charles’ birthday in some states in Australia. What should have been a celebration ended up being the occasion for some to make a statement. As reported by Daily Mail, the WACA group, which stands for Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance, cut off the head of the George V statue in Melbourne.
The activists filmed the vandalism – after sawing off the statue's head, they covered the remaining body in red paint and sprayed the words ‘The colony will fall’. They then filmed the statue's head on the floor and ‘Happy Birthday Motherf***er’ flashed on the screen. The video featured the song God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.
The George V statue is in Kings Domain - a large park in Melbourne on the south bank of the Yarra. Naturally, the police are investigating the vandalism, but the WACA group have already taken responsibility for the act, as per Daily Mail.
This isn’t the first time that statues of British historical figures have been vandalised in Australia. In January 2024, on Australia Day, a statue of Captain Cook, at Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy, was found broken and had graffiti on it. The statue of Queen Victoria in Melbourne was also vandalised, it was covered in red paint
Then, on February 27, 2024, the same statue of Captain Cook was cut at the ankles and toppled over. However, the attack on the Captain Cook monument wasn’t by the WACA group, but by the hard-left group Antifa.
