The Koh-in-noor diamond is among the world’s most spectacular. It is part of the British crown jewels, presented to Queen Victoria by a maharajah in India when the maharajah was only a young boy.
Years later, when he was a grown man, the maharajah visited Queen Victoria in England. He asked that the stone be brought from the Tower of London, where it was kept in safety, to Buckingham Palace. The Queen did as he requested.
Taking the diamond in his hand, he knelt before the Queen and presented it back to her, saying, “Your Majesty, I gave this jewel when I was a child, too young to know what I was doing. I want to give it to you again in the fullness of my strength, with all of my heart and affection and gratitude, now and forever, fully realising all that I do.
My heart belongs to You Jesus, my life belongs to You. I want to give it to You again in the fullness of my strength, with all of my heart and affection and gratitude, now and forever. My beloved King.
