Tracing Koh-i-Noor’s journey from India to Persia to India to the British crown jewels

Tracing Koh-i-Noor’s journey from India to Persia to India to the British crown jewels

This Article First Appeared In Scroll On March 05, 2023

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace has announced that Camilla, the Queen consort, will be wearing a modified version of the crown made for Queen Mary, the consort of George V. This is the first time since the 1700s that a queen consort crown is being reused. Even more notably, the Koh-i-Noor diamond will not be used in the crown.

This most precious item among the crown jewels of the United Kingdom is also the most controversial. A piece of colonial legacy, it has long been the subject of reparation demands by the Indian government.

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