IT WAS STOLEN FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY 1950,S?????
2007-02-09 02:47:42 · 8 answers · asked by rockysgal_one 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Scone Palace in Perth in Scotland
2007-02-09 02:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Destiny remained where it had been placed by Edward I, in Westminster Abbey. Four students from Glasgow University broke into Westminster Abbey in the early hours of the morning and removed the stone, accidentally breaking it in two as they did so. The stone was subsequently repaired by a Glasgow stonemason before being hidden in a tractor repair shed a Firemore, north of Inverasdale in Wester Ross.
But it was becoming clear that public opinion in Scotland was not as overwhelmingly in favour of the removal of the Stone of Destiny as the perpetrators had hoped. So on 11 August 1951 the Stone of Destiny was left, covered in a Saltire, at the altar in the ruins of Arbroath Abbey. It was returned to a repaired Coronation Chair in good time for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (who ought to be know north of the Border as Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland: the first Queen Elizabeth was not Queen of Scotland) in 1953.
On 15 November 1996, as a result of an initiative by the Conservative Prime Minister John Major, the Stone of Destiny returned to Scotland once more, this time under military escort as it crossed the River Tweed at Coldstream. In now lives alongside the Honours of Scotland in Edinburgh Castle, though it will be returned to Westminster Abbey when needed for Coronations. Many saw this as a political ploy to resurrect the Conservatives' failing support in Scotland. It didn't work: the 1997 General Election saw the Conservative Party emerge without a single Scottish seat in Parliament.
Rumours persist about the Stone of Destiny. Some say that monks at Scone Abbey switched the stone and that what Edward I took to England was not the real Stone of Destiny. Others claim that those who stole the stone on Christmas Day 1950 switched the stone, and that what was returned on April 1951 was not the original: which was instead hidden in a peat bank in Wester Ross. As with everything else to do with the Stone of Destiny, the importance of the symbolism surrounding it far outweighs the block of sandstone itself, all 152kg of it.
2007-02-09 10:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by Player 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The object handed over to EdwardI's men after the discomfiture of 'Toom Tabard' Baliol in 1296 was probably a medieval privy cover. The 'real Lia Fail' was said to be made of black basalt, with a hollow for the imprint of the kings foot,brought over from Ireland in the 6th Century. In ancient times it was said to 'roar or sing' when placed on the shore for the coronation of the rightful 'ard righ'
2007-02-09 20:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by troothskr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was stolen in the 50's but they got it back. John Major restored it to Scotland in the 90's. In Perth, I think.
2007-02-09 10:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And it was recovered after that theft, in time for the Queen's coronation in 1952. Subsequently, in 1996 it was returned to Scotland where is rightly belongs. It is now in Edinburgh Castle.
2007-02-09 10:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was recovered after it was stolen and returned to Westminster, but has now been returned back to its homeland in Scotland.
2007-02-10 19:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in Edinburgh castle at present, and it was originally stolen from the Scots.
2007-02-09 11:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They ate it
2007-02-09 11:26:10 · answer #8 · answered by Alyosha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋