Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has added his voice to the debate over the controversial Koh-i-noor diamond that's on the crown Queen Consort Camilla could wear at the coronation.

He thinks it should be worn and doesn't find the matter controversial.

The crown contains a 105 carat diamond which originates from India and has been described as a 'diplomatic grenade'. 

Speaking on Politics Live on BBC Two, Bob Seely was asked whether Camila should wear the crown. He said yes.  

“Because it is there, it is history, because the Koh-i-noor diamond is part of the crown. Some people may think it is controversial I don’t.”  

Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans and a Liberal Democrat, said on balance probably not, because of the sensitivity. She thought it was important the British monarchy and the Commonwealth modernise, are sensitive to the subject, and shed its past from the empire.

The Government has said it is down to Buckingham Palace to decide whether the crown  should be used.

The governing party of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is reported to have expressed concern that the famous gem, which was seized by the East India Company and given to Queen Victoria in the 19th century, would provide an unwelcome reminder of the British Empire.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told Sky News: “Ultimately, decisions like that are for the palace. The palace is really very good at assessing the public, and indeed the international, mood.”

He added: “We have a fantastic relationship with India and the Indian people. It is a decision for the palace and I have no doubt the coronation will be an absolute celebration.”

The Queen Mother’s coronation crown, made especially for her 1937 coronation, features the sparkling gem, which sits, in the front cross-pattee in a detachable platinum mount, according to the Royal Collection.

Options could include the removal of the diamond and its mount, replacement with a crystal replica, or Camilla could opt for another crown.

She is due to be crowned as part of King Charles III’s coronation on May 6 next year in Westminster Abbey.

According to the Telegraph, a spokesman for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party said: “The coronation of Camilla and the use of the crown jewel Koh-i-noor brings back painful memories of the colonial past.

“Most Indians have very little memory of the oppressive past. Five to six generations of Indians suffered under multiple foreign rules for over five centuries.

“Recent occasions, like Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the coronation of the new Queen Camilla and the use of the Koh-i-noor does transport a few Indians back to the days of the British Empire in India.”

The coronation crown – which features 2,800 diamonds – adorned the Queen Mother’s coffin at her lying in state and funeral in 2002.

The Koh-i-Noor, which means Mountain of Light, was discovered in the Golconda mines in what is now the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

The large, colourless diamond then passed between Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers and Punjabi Maharajas before it was given in 1849 to the East India Company, which offered it to Queen Victoria.

India, along with Pakistan and Afghanistan, have long squabbled over who has the rightful claim to the gem.

It is said to bring bad luck to any man who wears it.

Prince Albert had the Koh-i-Noor re-cut to improve its brilliance and conform to contemporary European tastes.