Queen Elizabeth II is rumored to have many crowns. However, there are an incredibly valuable crowns, exceeding other crowns.
The crown is the Crown of Queen Elizabeth. Official crown used in this important event by Queen Elizabeth I and II.
Actually, that makes the crown becomes valuable is the jewelry.
A 105-carat diamond called the Koh-i-Noor embedded in the crown. Koh-i-Noor is referred to as one of the biggest diamond in the world.
Diamond Koh-i-Noor Indian origin it had a long journey through the centuries.
Some references state that the legendary diamond was made in 1526, at a temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The local Indian community believes that these diamonds come from the eyes of a statue of a Hindu goddess.
However, when the 14th century and there is a war, any diamond changed hands to the British when they colonized India.
Since then, the gorgeous diamonds continue to be contested by India and the United Kingdom. Now, the enemy is increasingly tapered diamond after a claim that a diamond Koh-i-Noor from countries Pakistan.
As is known, Pakistan is the first country India fractions. Pakistani parties claimed that the diamonds were taken by the British in the province of Punjab, which is now a part of Pakistan.
A lawyer from Pakistan, Jawaid Iqbal Jafree, asking Britain to return the diamond Koh-i-Noor to the local government.
"Koh-i-Noor is not obtained legally. Pick up and grabbed it is an illegal act that is not justified by the law," wrote Jafree in the petition.
Indian side alone until today continue to request the return of the diamond Koh-i-Noor diamond is claimed to be a form of Indian history and the return of the diamond will be awarded for the actions of British colonialism were performed first.
The British who already have diamond Koh-i-Noor since 1850, until now has not intended to return the diamonds worth 100 million pounds, equivalent to Rp 2 trillion to any country.
For 50 years, commencing no 786 letters from lawyers asking diamond Koh-i-Noor returned.
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister on his visit to India in 2010, says, "If you say yes to one, then suddenly the British Museum would be empty," said Cameron when asked the Indian media to restore the diamond Koh-i-Noor.
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