Prime minister says sculptures taken by Lord Elgin would remain in Britain as they had been legally acquiredBoris Johnson has used his first interview with a European newspaper since fitting the UK’s prime minister to issue a point-empty rejection of the Parthenon marbles being returned to Greece.
Johnson insisted that the sculptures,removed from the monument by Lord Elgin in circumstances that have since spurred one of the world’s most famous cultural rows, would remain in Britain because they had been legally acquired.
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Source: theguardian.com