King Charles’ sweet three words to survivor of Australia’s ‘stolen generation’ revealed

King Charles was given a warm welcome as he met a survivor of Australia’s ‘stolen generation’ in Sydney today.

The monarch, 75, met Uncle James Michael ‘Widdy’ Welsh, who is a member of the indigenous community.

He was among seven siblings taken from his mother in Coonamble, New South Wales, when he was just eight years old.

Widdy was then placed in Kinchela boys home and given the number 36. He was pictured hugging the smiling King at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence.

He told Charles that he was not much of a hand-shaker, to which the King then said: ‘Hugs are good’.

The 72-year-old said the royal ‘made me feel comfortable’ as they embraced in a sweet exchange.

‘I told him I was there from the Kinchela Boys organisation and one of the so-called ‘stolen generation’ and he put his hand out to shake my hand,’ he said.

‘I said to him ”I’m not much of a hand shaker, I’m more of a hugger or cuddler”.

‘He said ”hugs are good”. So I went in for the hug and he gave me one back.

‘That’s my way of making a sense of feeling between people.

‘Shaking hands is not a good way to understand people. A hug is a way of connecting with someone’s aura.

‘He made me feel comfortable, it was really good. It was a welcome hug. I welcomed him there and let him know.

‘I’m a survivor of Kinchela Boys school, I was taken away from my parents.’

Tens of thousands of children were taken away from Indigenous families over decades to be brought up in institutions or fostered out to white families.

Widdy, who has worn a hat since he was a teenager, said: ‘It was good he was there and he appreciated the hug as he hugged me back.

‘I had a really good feeling about him. I got the feeling he is somebody who genuinely cares.

‘I wouldn’t mind sitting down and having a yarn with him to be honest and tell him everything that has happened and how to help the children coming up for a better future.

‘There is too much anger around. It was a genuinely good cuddle.’

It comes after as Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, shouted that the monarch had ‘committed genocide against our people’ and added ‘f*** the colony’ yesterday.

Dressed in a native fur coat, independent senator from Victoria walked down the aisle of the Great Hall shouting: ‘You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back.

‘Give us what you stole from us. Our bones, Our skulls our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty.’

As security guards began to usher Thorpe away, she became more animated and continued to shout: ‘This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my King. You are not my King.’

The protest came after speeches were given in Parliament House by the King, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and leader of the opposition Peter Dutton.