New York City mayor Zohran ​Mamdani said on Wednesday that would encourage King Charles to return the 105.6-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond to India.

Mr Mamdani made the remark during King Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit to the US, with the third day spent in New York.

The mayor told reporters ahead of a meeting with Charles that: “If I were to speak ⁠to the King separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond.”

Mamdani, who is Indian American, was speaking before a ceremony that commemorated ⁠victims of the deadly September 11 2001 ⁠attacks.…