Lizzie's in a Box!

Calls are growing in South Africa for Britain's royal family to return the world's largest known clear-cut diamond in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
Known as the Great Star of Africa or Cullinan I, the diamond is cut from a larger gem that was mined in South Africa in 1905 and handed over to the British royal family by South Africa's colonial authorities. It is currently mounted on a royal scepter belonging to the Queen.
Demands for the return of the Great Star of Africa and other diamonds -- along with calls for repatriations -- have intensified since the Queen's death. Many South Africans view Britain's acquisition of the jewels as illegitimate.

The Queen's death has opened up a conversation about colonialism and how it relates to her legacy. South African media has been debating ownership of the gem, along with demands for the payment of reparations.
"The Cullinan Diamond must be returned to South Africa with immediate effect," activist Thanduxolo Sabelo told local media, adding that: "The minerals of our country and other countries continue to benefit Britain at the expense of our people."
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition asking for the Great Star of Africa to be returned and displayed in a South African museum.
A member of the South African parliament, Vuyolwethu Zungula, urged his country to "demand reparations for all the harm done by Britain" and also "demand the return of all the gold, diamonds stolen by Britain."

When South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa posted a tweet eulogizing the Queen, some South Africans hijacked the post to complain about the return of the Great Star diamond.
One wrote," Did you ask her when would she bring back the South African diamond?," while another posted reacting to King Charles III's ascension that his "First call of duty return South Africa's diamond!"

The larger diamond was set in the Sovereign's Scepter with Cross and the second cut stone was mounted in the Imperial Crown. Queen Elizabeth II has been seen in many portraits wearing these diamonds.
"The late Queen of England has flaunted these (diamonds) for over half a century," said Leigh-Ann Mathys, a national spokeswoman for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a South African opposition political party, to CNN.
Mathys accused British colonial powers of stealing lands and appropriating mines that belonged to native people.
"Our call is for repatriations for all colonial theft, which the theft of the Great Star of Africa is a part of," she said.
"We don't call for its return, as this implies that there was a valid agreement in terms of which the British royal family was borrowed the diamond. It is in their possession purely as a result of colonial tenacities that suffocated natives in this country and elsewhere," Mathys told CNN

 

I can't stress how much I wish I'd never seen this.

 

Did they use their fast pass?

 

I wonder if they’d take the whole royal family as well?!?

 

all the * celebs that want more air time crawling out the woodwork condemning celtics * the crown banner.

all the media had to really do was ignore the banner but nope they splatter it all over the pages of there rags, its like they are they trying to promote the banner

 

They'll be tempted to keep the coffin (and the queue) on display for fkn ever, will they not?
Urgently needing new opium for the masses and divert the attention from all the * happening around.

I'm kind of semi joking here...

 

I’ve been to Lenin’s Mausoleum ….

Far less right-wingers in the queue… and at least he was actually there…

 

If you support the monarchy then you support the belief that the guy wearing a crown is better than you are, and that his life is worth more than yours is. You also support the belief that his children are better than your children, and his grandkids are better than your grandkids.

Seen a tweet along those lines last night and it sums it up nicely.

Seen another tweet of a guy ‘heckling’ Charles about the cost of him parading about during the cost of living crisis, and Charles just tutted and looked away from the guy. Seems he’s only happy to meet the public and shake their hands as long as they don’t ask him any difficult questions.

How any normal person can like these people is sickening.

 

FFS wolves man city game stopped in the 70th minute to remember lizzy for a minute.gtf.HH

 

Don’t worry things will be back to normal soon and their focus will be shifted on mocking how eastern Asian countries try to control their people

 

Outstanding Dundee United fans













Hibs fans too

 

SUPERB MAN!

 

Delighted to see other clubs take a stand.

You don’t need to approve of this bullshit, or indeed respect it, and you don’t need to be a Celtic fan to see that this institution is a relic that we could do without.

 

* is all this Paddington * about?