Coronation Chair with Stone of Scone
Westminster Abbey
Photograph Date: 1885
Coronation Chair Date: 1365‘The Stone of Scone, also called the Stone of Destiny, “for centuries was associated with the crowning of Scottish kings and then, in 1296, was taken to England and later placed under the Coronation Chair. At Scone, historically, the stone came to be encased in the seat of a royal coronation chair. John de Balliol was the last Scottish king crowned on it, in 1292, before Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296 and moved the stone (and other Scottish regalia) to London. There, at Westminster Abbey in 1307, he had a special throne, called the Coronation Chair, built so that the stone fitted under it. This was to be a symbol that kings of England would be crowned as kings of Scotland also.” (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica) On Saint Andrews Day, November 30, 1996, the Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland and ceremoniously installed in Edinburgh Castle.” …’
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