Selfies, hugs and protests: King Charles’s new approach in spotlight during ‘fast and furious’ royal tour of Australia

Issue of Aboriginal sovereignty front and centre during head of state's whirlwind first visit

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King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Australia after more than 30 official engagements - and a fair share of controversy - packed into just four full days on the ground.

In the stage-managed whirlwind were churchgoers, bushfire scientists, a violinist, authors, dancers, architects, chefs, surf life savers, schoolchildren, republicans and monarchists - and unscripted discordance as activists took up Aboriginal sovereignty directly with the crown.