News

LONDON — Of all the glittering British crown jewels, one will be conspicuously absent at King Charles III's coronation: the Kohinoor diamond. Legend has it the 105-carat diamond — whose name ...
But, so far, that spirit of returning what was taken has not extended to the British crown jewels — specifically to the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which will be kept out of sight during King Charles ...
The Koh-i-Noor diamond had been successively ... Abdul Medjid as a gesture of gratitude for British support during the Crimean War. The crown, which weighs 510g and was designed by Garrard ...
The Kohinoor diamond is now part of the crown ... the Kohinoor is far from the only foreign treasure lingering on British soil. Not only does the Crown Jewels include several other controversial ...
The crown will instead include the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds as a tribute ... are still artifacts of British imperialism. “The decision to exclude the Kohinoor from the crowns used in ...
Conversations about the diamond — also spelled Koh-i-noor — which is part of the British crown jewels, have been trending on social media amid coverage of the queen’s death, with users ...
And it was taken during British colonial rule the 19th century ... that Queen Consort Camilla would not wear the Kohinoor diamond in her crown for the coronation this Saturday.
Some time ago, when the British King Charles was crowned, this diamond was embedded in the crown that was worn by him during the coronation. Actually, the Kohinoor diamond has been in the ...
As the world mourns Queen Elizabeth II's death, some people are noting the British empire's troubling past. The Koh-i-noor diamond ... the 105.6-carat diamond is set in a crown last worn by ...