Calls are growing in South Africa for Britain's royal family to return the world's largest known clear-cut diamond in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
A royal gift or a 'stolen' diamond?
Weighing around 3,106 carats in its natural form, the original diamond was"the size of a human heart," theSupporting the British monarchy's claim to the precious stone, the Royal Asscher explains that the gem was purchased by South Africa's Transvaal government and presented to King Edward VII as a birthday gift.
"Our narrative is that the whole Transvaal and Union of South Africa governments and the concomitant mining syndicates were illegal," Benyera said, arguing that:"Receiving a stolen diamond does not exonerate the receiver. The Great Star is a blood diamond ... The private company, the Transvaal government, and the British Empire were part of a larger network of coloniality."
"The late Queen of England has flaunted these for over half a century," said Leigh-Ann Mathys, a national spokeswoman for the Economic Freedom Fighters , a South African opposition political party, to CNN.
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