A Dark Collection by Emma V. Leech5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The decision not to use it reflects this new reality that we're in, where people are looking back at colonialism and what colonialism meant both to Great Britain, but also to the countries that were colonised," Anand said in an interview with PTI. Traditionally, the diamond has featured at coronations in the crown of the monarch's consort – last worn by Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother of Queen Elizabeth II, at the coronation of King George VI in May 1937. Anita Anand, who co-authored 'Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond' with historian-author William Dalrymple, said Queen Camilla's decision to use the Queen Mary Crown without the Kohinoor at her Westminster Abbey crowning is a direct result of the sensitivity that exists around colonialism in modern-day Britain. The conspicuous absence of the Kohinoor, claimed by India, from the historic Coronation ceremony of King Charles here in London on April 29 reflects a new reality of looking back at Britain's colonial past and to learn more about the truth of the Raj, feels the British Indian co-author behind a definitive book on the infamous diamond. ![]()
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