Since 1869, the crown of the king of Ethiopia, Theodore, which had been brought back as a war trophy in 1668 by General Napier, after the capture of Magdala, the capital, had been exhibited in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum. of Ethiopia.

The King of England and the Minister of India came, by mutual agreement, to decide that this crown would be offered as a gift to Empress Judith of Ethiopia.

This decision, which underlines the friendship existing between England and Ethiopia, constitutes the crowning achievement of the visit that the Crown Prince of Ethiopia has just made to England.