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TIL the 109-carat Diamond set in the British Royal Crown was mined over 700 years ago and is one of the world’s largest known Diamonds. It was stolen from India by Queen Victoria in their surrender to Britain in the 19th Century and shall be worn by Kate Middleton should Prince William become King.

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