King Charles must apologize for British “genocide and colonialism”.

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Thousands of South Africans demanded that Britain return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa.

The diamond, which weighs 530 carats, is set in the royal scepter that King Charles will carry at his coronation on Saturday.

It was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and was presented to the British monarchy by the colonial government of the country then under British rule.

“The diamond must come to South Africa. It must be a sign of our pride, our heritage and our culture,” said Muthusi Kamanga, a lawyer and activist in Johannesburg who promoted an online petition, which has amassed some 8,000 signatures. , to return the diamond.

Officially known as the Cullinan I, the diamond in the scepter was cut from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,100-carat stone quarried near Pretoria.

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