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At St George's Chapel, the place where Queen Elizabeth will be buried, lies the remains of a young African boy called Prince Alemayehu the son of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. https://t.co/tSLbN9GMKf

Alemayehu was "stolen” after British soldiers looted his father’s imperial citadel following the Battle of Maqdala in 1868...His father Emperor Tewodros committed suicide rather than face the ignominy of imprisonment when the British forces finally captured his last fortress

Unfortunately Alemayehu's mother also died shortly after, leaving him a total orphan. the young prince was then put on a British ship together with other looted Ethiopian artefacts and ferried to Britain.

In Britain he was forced to stay under the Queen Victoria command but he never liked the British way of life because the white people who staring at him because of his colour. His numerous pleas to be taken back to Ethiopia were ignored.

He died at the age of 18, after an unhappy childhood, For 150 years, Ethiopians have been asking when Prince Alemayehu will come home.

Today Windsor Castle does not only stand as a symbol of medieval splendour but also as a symbol of British thievery and savagery.