It may not glitter as brightly as the crown jewels, but it's equally full of tradition and just as central to the day's events. Can you see the Stone of Scone/Destiny? It's believed that the stone will briefly return to its onetime position, since a condition of its return was that it could be used for future British coronations. So if you plan on watching King Charles III officially get crowned, keep an eye on the chair. Martins Publishing Group 12.7K subscribers Subscribe 2. It was found whole (including the Stone of Scone aka Destiny) a year later.ġ996: The stone is removed from the chair and returned to Edinborough Castle, in Scotland.Ģ023: King Charles III will be crowned in the chair.Ģ024: The stone is expected to be moved to Perth City Hall, a few miles from the stone's original home in Scotland's Scone Abbey. 'Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance' by Ruth Emmie Lang: Book Trailer St. Abbott slept in this chair 5-6 July 1800.")ġ914: One of the chair's corners is knocked off by a bomb thought to have been planted by Suffragettes.ġ950: The chair was briefly stolen by Scottish nationalists. 1655 to 1658: The chair is removed from Westminster Abbey during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorateġ887: The chair takes part in Queen Victoria's 1887 Golden Jubileeġ8th and 19th centuries: The chair is defaced by tourist' and schoolchildren's graffiti.
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