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South Africa calls for 'world's largest diamond' in Queen's sceptre to be returned

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South Africa is demanding that the world’s largest known clear-cut diamond be given back to the country following the Queen's death.

The Great Star of Africa, or Cullinan l, is a piece of a larger diamond that was mined in South Africa while under British rule in 1905.

Two years later, the precious gem was gifted to King Edward Vll and is currently fixed to the end of a sceptre that belonged to the Queen Elizabeth II.

Since the monarch's death last week, many South Africans have called for the diamond to be returned, according to the Mirror.

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