buckingham palace says the koh i noor diamond will not be used in the coronation on may the 6th. camilla, the queen consort, will wear queen mary s crown, which has been taken out of the tower of london to be re sized, but it will not feature the controversial gem which was seized in india in 18119 and given to queen victoria. 0ur news correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is here. for many people this is a new story but obviously significant enough for buckingham palace to make this decision. what is the background to this. ., , ., decision. what is the background to this. . , . ., ., this. there had been a lot of speculation this. there had been a lot of speculation about this. there had been a lot of speculation about whether i this. there had been a lot of i speculation about whether this diamond would be used in a crown by the queen consort, camilla, because
the queen consort, camilla, because the queen consort, camilla, because the queen mother, the last queen consort, had the koh i noor diamond in the crown for her coronation and then wore it again when her daughter had her coronation in the 1950s. so there was speculation that camilla would have it in her crown. this is a spectacular diamond. it is one of the largest cut diamonds. i’m the largest cut diamonds. i m auoin to the largest cut diamonds. i m going to pause the largest cut diamonds. i m going to pause either because i m going to pause either because i m going to pause either because i m going to ask the director to put that picture back on the screen so you can describe it to us. this is it, i don t know if you can see it in there. so when we talk about the diamond, is it there, can we see it at the moment? i diamond, is it there, can we see it at the moment? diamond, is it there, can we see it at the moment? i think it s actually at the moment? i think it s actually at t
back. but other countries claim ownership as well. iran, pakistan, afghanistan, even the taliban have asked for this diamond back. to have this as part of the coronation it would have raised a lot of eyebrows. what was acceptable in the 1930s and the 1950s isn t seen in the same way now. this was something the royal family had to resolve before the coronation and they have announced today that the diamond will not play any part in the coronation, instead, camilla will wear queen mary was not crown and some diamonds from queen elizabeth s personal collection will be put into this crown. i think this is one thing. that s it. you can see it there, that enormous diamond, right at the front of the crown. that is the koh i noor diamond. that that is the koh i noor diamond. at the top of the bottom? that is the koh-i-noor diamond. at the top of the bottom? at - that is the koh-i-noor diamond. at the top of the bottom? at the i the top of the bottom? at the bottom, above the top of the botto
and buckingham palace says the controversial koh i noor diamond, will not be used in the coronation this may. instead camilla, the queen consort will wear queen mary s crown. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s delyth. good afternoon. stuart broad will return to the england side for the first test against new zealand which starts on thursday in mount maunganui. the fast bowler missed the 3 0 test series win against pakistan in december because of the birth of his daughter. it means broad and james anderson will get the chance to eclipse australian greats shane warne and glenn mcgrath as the most prolific bowling parterniship in test history this week. 0llie robinsonjoins the pair in the pace attack for the day night opening match of the two test series.