KOH=I=NOOR DIAMOND
ON VIEW IN JEWEL HOUSE. There is one spot in town guaranteed to keep anyone cool —the Tower of London. The famous Koh-i-noor diamond is once again on view in the Jewel House. It was removed from there to accompany the Queen on her State visit to France last year, where it formed part of a collection of jewels valued at It is an interesting fact that this stone is not a
jewel of the British Crown Regalia but is a personal possession of the Queen. A curse was said to be upon it, and legend says that should the Koh-i-noor be worn by a male ruler of the British Empire. Britain would lose India just as other male owners have in the past lost their thrones. Upon Queen Victoria being told of this, when she was presented with the’ stone by the East India Company in 1850. she left it in her will to Queen Alexandra as a royal heirloom, tc descend to female entail from one King's consort to the next. The original weight of the Koh-i-noor was 800 carats, but its present weight is 1061 carats owing to it having been recut so often. Its value is £ 120.000. — "Weekly Scotsman."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1939, Page 7
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