King Charles Could Face Demands to Return 'Immoral' Treasures by Ethiopia's Government: Report

The Ethiopian government will reportedly require King Charles to return the “immoral” artifacts held in Britain from the Battle of Magdala in 1868.

By report published Telegraph Friday, January 24,, Officials in the capital of Addis Abeba Ethiopia will request the return of objects from the royal collection, as well as the treasures held elsewhere in the United Kingdom, such as the British Museum. The objects that the king kept in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church of the Ethija Church were kept by the Square, on the exit, which also notes that the Government in the United Kingdom will be asked to support the incentive of Ethiopia for the return of the object next year.

The Ethiopian Heritage Directorate will lead the move to return the objects together with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, according to Telegraph.

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“That’s immoral,” said Abebaw Ayalew Gella’s Heritage Director General. “You don’t put them somewhere. They are holy.”

“The lighting manuscript is always considered holy,” Gella added, referring to “illuminated” works. “You don’t touch them either.”

As Telegraph Notes, the royal collection contains 18th -century manuscripts ordered by Ethiopian royal spine, including the illuminated life of Mary’s manuscript and one title Miracles of the Virgin Maries – both British forces took away in 1868, when Tewodros II, Emperor Abyssinia (Modern – Modern – Dada Ethiopia), died with suicide after the British defeated their troops in the battle of Magdala.

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The artifacts from the Emperor’s fort were auction at the time, some introduced themselves to the royal family, and the British took Tewrodros’s wife, Empire Tiruwork Wube and their young son, but she died during the trip, as he reported earlier. The Golden slippers of Tewodros II, as well as the revolver, were also added to the royal collection. They are among the cases that Ethiopia allegedly wants to return.

As reported in September 2023. Artistic newspaperThe holy tablet seized by British troops during the battle of 1868 was returned during the London church service.

According to TelegraphThe royal collection may return the items at the discretion of the guardian, although the law prevents British national museums from releasing their artifacts. According to the exit, while the Law on the British Museum of 1963 forbids the return of any facility in the collection, officials in Ethiopia will send an official request for repatriation in the UK.

Orthodox priest Memher Girma Batu said Telegraph That “it’s not fair to have them there,” referring to tabotes, tablets representing the arch of the Alliance. “They symbolize the commandments of God. On this basis, I want to say that you return the taboos to their original place – it is Ethiopia.”

In a statement shared by The Outlet, the royal collection Trust said that the collection “kept confidence by the sovereign for his heirs and nations, and the king is not owned as a private individual.”

“As such, the king would advise the Royal Collection Trust, who would advise on a series of internal and external stakeholders.”

King Charles and Queen Camilla who attended the Church Church in St. Mary Magdale Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, December 25, 2024.

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As published in 2023, the Buckingham Palace previously rejected Prince Dejatcha Alemayeh’s body’s return to Abyayho from Abyssinia, who was buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after being taken to the UK in 1868 after his father Tewodros II. The young son died of Pleuris at the age of 18 in 1879.

Despite the fact that his descendants allegedly sought the move, the Palace said in a statement that “it is very little probably that it would be possible to exhume residue without disturbing the holidays from a considerable number of others nearby.”

“Aware of the responsibility for preserving the dignity of rejected, therefore, with regret, it is not possible to agree on request, but in recent years we have adapted to the demands of Ethiopian delegations to visit St Georges and continue to do so,” the statement read.

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