Prince Alemayehu was a 7-year-old orphan when he was taken to the U.K. in 1868. His father Tewodros II, Emperor of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia), died by suicide after his troops were defeated ...

Captain Charles Speedy (L), who accompanied Prince Alemayehu (R) from Ethiopia, became his guardian A lock of hair from a young Ethiopian prince, who died over 140 years ago, has been handed over ...

The Buckingham Palace said Monday it will not be returning Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu's remains to his family. Prince Alemayehu, who died at the age of 18, was buried at Windsor Castle 144 years ago.

Eventually, Alemayehu ended up being tutored in a private home in Leeds. But he became ill, possibly with pneumonia, and at one point refused treatment thinking he had been poisoned.

Ethiopian Prince Dejatch Alemayehu, a ward of Queen Victoria's, was buried at Windsor Castle after he died at 18. His descendants now want his remains back.

A lock of hair from a young Ethiopian prince, who died over 140 years ago, has been handed over in the UK to representatives from his home country. In 1868, British soldiers took Prince Alemayehu ...