The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a number of renewed calls for Britain to return its colonial-era possessions, with South African activists starting an online petition to bring back the huge diamond set in the Queen’s sceptre.
The Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross featured alongside the Sovereign’s Orb and the Imperial State Crown atop the Queen’s coffin as she lay in state in Westminster Hall, and during the procession on Monday for Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
