The jewel in the crown
In the news ... Mamdani says King Charles III should give India back its diamond
What diamond, you ask? The Koh-i-Noor, which sits in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ...
The crown is decorated with about 2,800 diamonds, most notably the 105-carat (21.0 g) Koh-i-Noor in the middle of the front cross, which was acquired by the East India Company after the Anglo-Sikh Wars and presented to Queen Victoria in 1851 ... The Koh-i-Noor became a part of the Crown Jewels when it was left to the Crown upon Victoria's death in 1901. It had been successively mounted in the crowns of Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary before it was transferred to the Queen Mother's crown.
It would be nice if they would give it back, along with the Elgin Marbles and whatever other booty their empire "liberated" back in the day.
posted by crystal | 12:48 PM
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