New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks with a guest at the 9/11 Memorial ahead of a visit by Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their state visit to the United States, in New York, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism for extending a “rude” welcome to King Charles III and for failing to “set aside his obsession with colonialism” when he called for the Koh-i-Noor diamond to be returned.
Just hours before he met King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) at the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, Mr. Mamdani had said he would encourage the British monarch to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
Published – May 01, 2026 10:28 am IST
