About this episode

The episode explores the story of Prince Alamayu, a young royal buried in Windsor Castle, and the calls for his remains to be returned to Ethiopia.

There's a body buried in the grounds of Windsor Castle whose real home is thousands of miles away. Since 2007, there have been calls for Prince Alamayu’s remains to be returned to Ethiopia. But how exactly did this young royal end up alone in England, and buried at Windsor Castle? To answer that we have to go back to 1868 to hear the message the British wanted to send that still reverberates to this day. This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts If this episode has raised any issues for you, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Topics covered

• British history
• Ethiopian heritage
• colonialism
• royalty
• repatriation

Keywords

• Prince Alamayu
• Windsor Castle
• Ethiopia
• repatriation
• British colonialism
• 1868
• royalty

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Windsor Castle, Ethiopia

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