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The Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Queen has approved plans to return the Stone of Destiny to Perthshire, more than 700 years after it was controversially moved out of Scotland. She said the Stone will become the centerpiece of the £26.5 million Perth City Hall museum, which is due to open in 2024. It is estimated that the Stone could bring an extra 163,000 visitors to the city each year. ....
Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up There have long been rumblings about bringing the Stone of Destiny back home to Perthshire. The debate intensified in 1996, when then Prime Minister John Major announced that the relic would be moved out of Westminster Abbey and returned to Scotland. At the time, Perth and Kinross Council and the Perthshire Tourist Board pooled their resources to put forward a robust – but ultimately unsuccessful – case for putting the Stone back in its original spot in the grounds of Scone Palace. ....
The Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Stone of Destiny is returning to Perthshire after a 700-year absence. Perth has been declared the winner in a battle against Edinburgh Castle for one of the country’s most famous treasures. Perth and Kinross Council wants the ancient crowning seat as the centrepiece of its planned Perth City Hall museum, where it could attract an extra 163,000 visitors a year. ....
SCOTLAND has always had a tradition of stories, legends and myths which have given sustenance to history and identity. One of the most evocative over the years has been that of the recovery of the Stone of Destiny on Christmas Day in 1950 – the 70th anniversary of which is next week. The Stone of Destiny has an important role in Scottish, English and British history; it even has different names and is known in official royal circles as “the Coronation Stone” and also as “the Stone of Scone”. It was used to crown Scottish kings and queens in ancient times, was taken by the English Edward I in 1296, and used to crown English and then British monarchs. In the mystery and mumbo jumbo of all things monarchical, the Stone – which came to reside in Westminster Abbey was seen to possess mystical powers that were transferred to the monarch in the coronation ceremony. This mythical and magical powers were thus viewed as almost transcendental. ....