Three swords, intended for an exhibition at the Kremlin Museum, have been retained by the Royal Collection. The cultural event, also boycotted by other European institutions, has been postponed.
Buckingham Palace has decided to suspend the shipment of three swords from XVIIe century in the Kremlin museum, reports the British press on Wednesday March 16.
“The objects, from the Royal Collection – the royal family art collection –, were to be part of an exhibition on duels and planned from March 4 to June 16, precise The Guardian. A demonstration also sponsored by the oligarch [russe] Alisher Usmanov, hit since the beginning of March, by British, American and European sanctions.
Taken before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when tens of thousands of soldiers were massing on the Ukrainian border, the palace’s decision contributed to the indefinite postponement of the event.
The three arms, one of which presumably belonged to King Charles Iis (1600-1649), “are part of a set of works that several European institutions, such as the Louvre, have chosen to retain” given the geopolitical situation, develops the London daily.
The Leeds Armaments Museum meanwhile assured that the six items that had already been sent to Moscow were on their way back.
In fact, points out The GuardianQueen Elizabeth II join the movement of “boycott of Russian cultural institutions”.
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