No Kohinoor Crown For Queen Consort Camilla? Palace Rethink, Claims Report
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Buckingham Palace officials are reviewing whether Queen Camilla should wear the precious diamond when she and her husband King Charles III get coronated
Plans for UK's Queen Consort's coronation using the Kohinoor diamond are being reconsidered after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reportedly warned that the move would evoke "painful memories of the colonial past".
According to The Telegraph, Buckingham Palace officials are reviewing whether Queen Camilla should wear the precious diamond when she and her husband King Charles III get coronated at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023.
Last worn in 1937 by The Queen Mother, consort of King George VI, the crown features 2,800 diamonds, with the 105-carat Kohinoor, one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, at the front cross.
The BJP has been vocal in its opposition to the use of the precious diamond, which it claims rightfully belongs to India.
