2023-04-28 08:30:52
After a high-security trip, the 152-kilo stone will be placed under King Edward’s chair, an oak throne more than two meters high, at the center of coronations for more than 700 years. A ceremony that has hardly changed for a thousand years, the only event of its kind to survive in Europe.
Stolen by Scottish students
Briefly stolen by Scottish students during a daring undertaking in 1950, the stone was symbolically returned to Scotland in 1996, in the midst of rising independence sentiment. But it is agreed that she will return from Edinburgh Castle to Westminster for the coronations.
After the ceremony for the departure of the stone, Scottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf, who aims to lead Scotland to independence and leave the bosom of the British monarchy, hailed a “historic moment” to which he said he was “delighted” to take part.
According to legend, the stone was transported from the holy land through Egypt, Sicily, Spain and then Ireland before being placed in a monastery in Scone, Scotland, in the 9th century, before being be used for the coronations of Scottish kings.
But according to David Breeze, professor of history and archeology at the University of Edinburgh, it is very likely that it actually comes from the Scottish Pictish kingdom.
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