Britain's King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra.

The UK's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended a number of community events in Sydney on Tuesday, a day after an Indigenous senator told Charles that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday.

In Sydney, King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder, Michael Welsh, during a welcome smoking ceremony at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in Redfern. (Picture credit: AP)