Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Well, hello and welcome to Empire, a special emergency Empire from me, Anita Arnold. And me, William Drupal. We don't often get to do uh emergency pods, unlike our colleagues in current affairs, but suddenly colonialism is all the range. Comes a knocking at our door. Boy, does it?

I mean it's in it's in the headlines. Let me let me tell you why we've suddenly pressed the button. plunger and exploded this particular emergency podcast. Headlines like this. Mamdani gives King Charles a royal brush back over a crown jewel swite from India.

There's another headline over here. Mamdani's advice to royals, give the priceless diamond back to India. New York Times. We've got another one here. New York City mayor Zoran Mamdani says he will ask King Charles to return Koanor diamond to India, the Independent and the Telegraph and the BBC.

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