The Stone of Destiny - also known as the Stone of Scone or the Coronation Stone - will travel south with the King for his coronation
A block of stone with links to Scottish royalty dating back thousands of years will soon be used to crown Britain's new king. The Stone of Destiny is one of the most fascinating artefacts in Scotland's history.
The red sandstone block was used for centuries in the inauguration of Scotland's Kings – that was until King Edward I of England stole the stone from the Scots In 1296 during the First Scottish War of Independence. Edward 'Longshanks' then had it built into a new throne at Westminster. It was reputedly taken to Scotland by Fergus, the legendary first King of the Scots, in around 500 AD after he recovered it from Ireland.It's believed the stone spent its first few hundred years in Scotland in Argyll and on the Isle of Iona - the symbolic centre of Scottish Christianity and the burial place of 48 Scottish kings, eight Norwegian Kings and four Irish Kings. In 841 AD it was brought to the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth.
The story of the theft of the Stone of Destiny by Glasgow University students was made into a film in 2008 starring Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle and Kate Mara. The last time it was used for such a function was in 1953, for the crowning of the new king's mother, who died on Thursday in Balmoral, Scotland.
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