Ethiopian Prince Dejatch Alemayehu, a ward of Queen Victoria's, was buried at Windsor Castle after he died at 18. His descendants now want his remains back.
The Ethiopian government has since made formal requests for the return of Alemayehu’s body, as have his descendants.
“There is no viable reason to continue to hold his remains hostage. He has become, like the sacred and valuable objects still in British museums and libraries, a possession.”Buckingham Palace made headlines in Britain this week when it formally refused another request for the remains, this time from the prince’s family, saying any movement is likely to affect other bodies at the burial site.
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry called Alemayehu a “prisoner of war” in a statement to The Washington Post on Tuesday. “We believe Prince Alemayehu deserves a descent burial in his home country,” it said, adding that “the Government of Ethiopia remains committed to redouble efforts to realize the repatriation of the remains … as well as several looted items from Magdala, which are of great historical, cultural and religious significance to Ethiopians.
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