Buckingham Palace has refused a repeated request to repatriate the remains of Prince Dejatch Alemayehu of Abyssinia — which includes modern-day Ethiopia — who was taken from his home at age 6 in 1868 and died just over a decade later in England. Ethiopia has been asking for the prince's remains and other treasures to be returned for the last 150 years. "The Dean and Canons of Windsor are very sensitive to the need to honour the memory of Prince Alemayehu," Buckingham Palace said in a statement sent to NBC News on Tuesday. Staff from the Ethiopian Embassy in London pay tribute to the late prince outside St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2019. Many of the treasures that were taken remain in the British Museum, which has been discussing the possible return of certain items with Ethiopian officials since 2019.

Source: Ethiopian News May 23, 2023 13:39 UTC