When Queen Elizabeth II of England passes, Prince Charles will claim the throne. And when he sits on the throne, the Queen’s crown, adorned with as many as 2,800 diamonds, will be given to his wife, Camilla.
For a crown that has 2,800 diamonds, one diamond being removed would not be a big deal, would it? Yet the crown refuses to give back the Koh-i-Noor, the most valuable of all the 2,800 diamonds in the crown. Or, perhaps, in the world.
Diamonds have been discovered in many places, especially in the African continent. Namibia, Angola, Sierra Leone, and Botswana are some countries where diamonds are mined. Here, diamonds are obtained through vices like terrorism, civil wars and illegal smuggling. In Africa, a diamond signifies war. But in the rest of the world, a diamond symbolises love.
Sierra Leone suffered a war that lasted over ten years because of diamonds. A movie called Blood Diamond, released in 2006, shows the Civil War surrounding diamonds that ensued between 1991 and 2002. The film depicts how diamond mining harms the socio-political landscape of Sierra Leone.
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