[nukkad] Kohinoor may go to Camilla Parker -India renews its bid for Kohinoor

[Mohammed Siddiqui <>]

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                      India renews its bid for Kohinoor 
                           
                 India has forcefully renewed its claim for the
   108-carat Kohinoor diamond adorning the late Queen Mother's crown even
   as it was revealed on Sunday that a discreet plan has been worked out
    to give the crown to Camilla Parker Bowles if her relationship with
                   Prince Charles is finally formalised.

   "The Indian government has a legitimate claim on the diamond. We hope
   to resolve this issue as soon as possible," a spokesman for the Indian
                         High Commission has said.

       British officials are, however, firm that it must remain in Britain.

      "The Queen Mother was especially close to Prince Charles and he
       believes that she would have been happy to see the crown go to
       Camilla," a senior courtier was quoted as saying in the Sunday
                            Telegraph on Sunday.

     The Kohinoor diamond was given to Queen Victoria by its last male
   owner, the nine-year-old Maharajah Duleep Singh, who had inherited it
   after a clutch of claimants killed each other during the 19th century
                                Punjab wars.

     The diamond is said to be the subject of an ancient curse that is
           avoided only when it is in the possession of a woman.

   "The Kohinoor has a sufficiently blood-drenched history for the curse
       to be taken seriously and, for that reason, it may well be in
    everyone's best interests that it is passed on as soon as possible,"
       Christy Campbell, the author of Duleep Singh's biography, The
                           Maharajah's Box, says.

   "Since Queen Victoria, the diamond has always gone to the wife of the
   heir to the throne, so it makes sense that Camilla may soon be wearing
                               it," she said.
Source:
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=18039  



M.Siddiqui





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