Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece in ‘grand gesture’, says Lord Frost
by Nick Lester
Dec 14, 2023
3 minutes
Britain should hand back the disputed Elgin Marbles to Greece in “a grand gesture”, former Brexit minister Lord Frost has said.
The Conservative peer argued the ancient sculptures housed in the British Museum were “a special situation” which required “a special solution”.
Cautioning against a loan to Athens which “keeps the issue and the arguments alive”, he pressed for a permanent settlement with the formation of a new Anglo-Greek cultural partnership to the benefit of both nations.
He was speaking during a debate in the House of Lords after Rishi Sunak sparked
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