During the much-ballyhooed visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla to New York City on Wednesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on the King to use his power to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond to India.

As reported by Reuters, at a press conference before a ceremony to commemorate the victims of ​the September 11 attack, Mamdani said, “If I were to ‌speak to the king separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond.”

The two leaders did in fact meet later at the ceremony itself, but Buckingham Palace declined to comment and Mamdani’s office did not respond to a request for comment about what was discussed.

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