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Beyonce ‘disappointed and angry’ after unwittingly wearing £22.9million gem labelled a ‘blood diamond’
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thesun.co.ukBEYONCE was said to be “disappointed and angry” last night after a £22.9million gem she was pictured wearing was compared to a “blood diamond”.
She became the first black woman, and only the fourth person ever, to don the 128 carat Tiffany Diamond. But a source said she was upset that she was never told of its grim history.
It was dug from the Beers’ Kimberly Mine in colonial South Africa in 1877 by poorly-paid black labour in horrendous conditions.
They were forced to work at speed in cramped conditions, often causing fatal accidents. Workers’ housing had no natural water or waste disposal, with 1,144 dying from a range of illnesses including pneumonia and scurvy between 1897 and 1899 alone.
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