bourbiza mohamed
Buckingham Palace has rejected a request to return the remains of a teenage Ethiopian prince who was buried at Windsor Castle 144 years ago.
Key points:
- Prince Alemayehu was brought to the UK at age seven as an orphan
- He died of a lung condition at just 18, in 1879
- His family told the BBC that it “was not right” that he was buried in the UK
Prince Alemayehu was the only legitimate son of Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II.
He was brought to the UK at 7 after his father died by suicide in 1868, following his defeat by British troops at the battle of Magdala in Ethiopia.
Alemayehu arrived in…
