On St Andrew's Day 1996, Scotland had a date with destiny as a symbolic centuries-old stone returned home. Ever since I followed its journey up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh as a newspaper reporter ...

A protester has admitted damaging a case displaying the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle. Joe Madden pled guilty to ...

The Stone of Destiny has left Edinburgh Castle for the first time in more than 25 years as it heads to London for the coronation of King Charles III. The stone, an ancient symbol of Scotland's ...

On Christmas Eve 1950 four young Scottish students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey. The symbolic stone had been taken from Scotland to England centuries before Show more On ...

Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.

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Two activists have been spared jail after damaging a glass cabinet containing the Crown of Scotland and the Stone of Destiny during a protest against food poverty at Edinburgh Castle. Jamie Priest ...

The Stone of Destiny retells the fascinating and true ... attempt to take back the Stone of Scone - a beloved symbol of Scottish pride, back to its country of origin.

The Stone of Destiny has been associated with the Scottish and UK monarchies for centuries. It was long used in the inauguration of Scottish monarchs. However, in 1296 it was seized by King Edward ...

The Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, was used as the inauguration seat of Scottish monarchs for several centuries before being captured by King Edward I of England and taken to ...