Teh One Who Knocks
11-28-2018, 11:54 AM
David Scott - The Express
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A battle royal is brewing over the Stone of Destiny as Perth bids to wrest the ancient crowning seat of Scots kings from Edinburgh. The sandstone block – also known as the Stone of Scone – was originally kept in Scone Abbey and was moved from Westminster Abbey to Edinburgh Castle in 1996.
Perth and Kinross Council is lobbying for it to be housed at a new £20million arts hub. Councillors want it returned after a 700-year absence to be the centrepiece at the new-look city hall due to open in 2021. But authorities at Edinburgh Castle want the stone to stay as part of their own collection. The royally-appointed Commissioners of the Regalia have received pleas from both Perth and Kinross Council, and Edinburgh Castle for the stone. The commissioners were made responsible for the safe-keeping of the artefact if it needs to be taken to Westminster Abbey for any future coronation. Any move will ultimately be ruled on by the Queen.
Charles Kinnoull, the chairman of Culture at Perth and Kinross, said: “Having the stone at Edinburgh Castle means visitors have to pay to see it. We want to bring it to Perth so that it is freely available to everyone.
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“Any proposal regarding the Stone of Destiny would be a matter for the Commissioners of the Regalia, as per the 1996 Royal Warrant,” a spokesman said.
The Scottish Government confirmed that proposals regarding the Stone of Destiny from Perth and Kinross Council and Historic Environment Scotland were being considered by the commissioners.
Perth and Kinross Council announced its plan to reclaim the Stone of Destiny in June, 2016. The stone was at Scone for hundreds of years and was used as the throne on which the kings of Scotland were anointed. It is thought to have been taken by England’s Edward I in 1296 and placed in Westminster Abbey, where it was incorporated into England’s coronation throne. However, some believe that the stone taken by Edward was a fake.
The stone was famously stolen by four nationalist Glasgow University students on Christmas Day in 1950 and left, draped in a Scottish flag, at Arbroath Abbey. It was recovered by police and returned to Westminster in time for the Queen’s coronation in 1953. On St Andrew’s Day 1996, the stone was finally returned to Scotland. It has remained on display in Edinburgh Castle ever since.
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A battle royal is brewing over the Stone of Destiny as Perth bids to wrest the ancient crowning seat of Scots kings from Edinburgh. The sandstone block – also known as the Stone of Scone – was originally kept in Scone Abbey and was moved from Westminster Abbey to Edinburgh Castle in 1996.
Perth and Kinross Council is lobbying for it to be housed at a new £20million arts hub. Councillors want it returned after a 700-year absence to be the centrepiece at the new-look city hall due to open in 2021. But authorities at Edinburgh Castle want the stone to stay as part of their own collection. The royally-appointed Commissioners of the Regalia have received pleas from both Perth and Kinross Council, and Edinburgh Castle for the stone. The commissioners were made responsible for the safe-keeping of the artefact if it needs to be taken to Westminster Abbey for any future coronation. Any move will ultimately be ruled on by the Queen.
Charles Kinnoull, the chairman of Culture at Perth and Kinross, said: “Having the stone at Edinburgh Castle means visitors have to pay to see it. We want to bring it to Perth so that it is freely available to everyone.
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“Any proposal regarding the Stone of Destiny would be a matter for the Commissioners of the Regalia, as per the 1996 Royal Warrant,” a spokesman said.
The Scottish Government confirmed that proposals regarding the Stone of Destiny from Perth and Kinross Council and Historic Environment Scotland were being considered by the commissioners.
Perth and Kinross Council announced its plan to reclaim the Stone of Destiny in June, 2016. The stone was at Scone for hundreds of years and was used as the throne on which the kings of Scotland were anointed. It is thought to have been taken by England’s Edward I in 1296 and placed in Westminster Abbey, where it was incorporated into England’s coronation throne. However, some believe that the stone taken by Edward was a fake.
The stone was famously stolen by four nationalist Glasgow University students on Christmas Day in 1950 and left, draped in a Scottish flag, at Arbroath Abbey. It was recovered by police and returned to Westminster in time for the Queen’s coronation in 1953. On St Andrew’s Day 1996, the stone was finally returned to Scotland. It has remained on display in Edinburgh Castle ever since.