Elgin Marbles

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King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row (BBC News)

Royal sources say the tie was a coincidence and not linked to Rishi Sunak's spat with the Greek PM.

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King wears Greek tie following Elgin Marbles row between Athens ... (Sky News)

The monarch, whose father Prince Philip was born a prince of Greece, is attending the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

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Elgin Marbles row: King wears tie covered in Greek flags to meet ... (ITV News)

It came hours after the prime minister insisted he is 'unequivocal' that the Elgin Marbles cannot be returned to Greece. | ITV National News.

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Never mind returning the Parthenon marbles – Britain wants this lot ... (The Guardian)

It's all very well Greece wanting its rightful treasure – but the Brits have left some pretty good artefacts lying around the planet.

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Scottish estate faces questions as Elgin Marbles in private collection (The National)

A SCOTTISH estate is facing questions over ancient marble artefacts taken from Greece for the Earl of Elgin which remain in its private collection…

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Sunak denies throwing 'hissy fit' over Elgin Marbles (Times Series)

The Prime Minister sparked a diplomatic row by controversially snubbing Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the Greek leader compared the artifacts' removal to cutting ...

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King Charles wears Greek flag tie in subtle 'Elgin marbles' dig to ... (The National)

KING Charles has fired a subtle dig at Rishi Sunak during an international climate summit, following a diplomatic row about the Parthenon Marbles.

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Make your own Parthenon marbles (Financial Times)

There is no argument for keeping these sculptures in Britain indefinitely — but surely technology can provide a solution to the issue of repatriation.

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Return the Elgin marbles? There are a few things I'd give back first (Telegraph.co.uk)

The PM may want to hold on to the Parthenon sculptures, but I say get rid – and reclaim some British treasures in the process.

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Letters: The Elgin Marbles can never go back to the Parthenon, so ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

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