An extraordinary piece of jewellery was featured on Antiques Roadshow and was given a valuation fit for the royalty it once belonged to.
BBC expert Marc Allum was delighted by the task he was given when he was handed some items by one guest who told him they belonged to his great-grandfather's.
There was one particular piece of jewellery which caught Marc's eye due to its significant back story, writes the Mirror, as a necklace of blue beads was amongst the haul, which were given to the guest's great grandad during the Zulu War in 1979.
Great Britain fought against the Zulu people in 1879 and several thousands Zulus were killed, while their King Cetshwayo was captured.
Marc said: "We've got an amazing group of objects on the table here, and they're going to need a little bit of explanation.
"But first of all, I'm going to refer to this incredible string of Zulu beads. Tell me who this man in the photograph is."
The guest then replied: "Okay, well, this man is my great-grandfather, and he was a naval surgeon during the Zulu War.
"His name was Henry Frederick Norbury, and he went through various actions during the Zulu war, but after the Zulu war, which was against the Zulu king, King Cetshwayo, he actually cured King Cetshwayo of some disease, and as a reward the king took these beads off and gave him these beads."
Addressing the elephant in the room, Marc then went on and said: "It's a very difficult piece of history to kind of take apart.
"It's about colonialism, it's about imperialism. It's about the Zulus basically defending themselves and their homelands.
"But that aside, I think your story really centres around your great-grandfather. As a doctor, he would have sworn the Hippocratic Oath, obviously.
"And that would have been a very important pretext to him actually, treating Cetshwayo, wouldn't it? Because of course, in a way they were enemies."
The owner of the necklace then replied: ""Well, that's right.
"I mean, the Zulu warriors were ferocious warriors.
"I mean, I think the British Army had the worst defeat ever in Africa, from the Zulus themselves.
"And my great-grandfather wasn't involved in that battle, but he was involved in treating people who had been injured in battle."
Marc then said: "He was involved in what I would say is the more humane side of what was going on in that period.
"And I find it fascinating that I can touch these beads that were around the neck of the Zulu king, King Cetshwayo, presented to your great-grandfather."
Expert March said it was "really difficult" to put a price on such a momentous piece of history, but he still managed.
He added: "I'll be honest with you. That KCB set there, and the medals there - I think about £5,000 to £8000.
"And we have these beads as well. I think there's no doubt, giving you a global estimate of what we're standing with here...
"This collection here is worth between £10,000 and £15,000 at auction."
The stunned and delighted guest replied: "Just blue beads..."
"Blue glass trade beads - very simple things, but much history locked up in this necklace," Marc interjected.
After the valuation the guest revealed what he had planned for the necklace and he said he wanted to get the beads back to where they belong.
He explained: "We have been wondering what to do with these [beads] because it's not the kind of thing that you wear these days.
"So, we were wondering whether to give them back to the Zulu people, we understand that there is a new Zulu king - maybe he would like them back, and I think is directly related to King Cetshwayo."
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