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The Scots crown jewels will be escorted to the Cathedral from Edinburgh Castle, where they are usually displayed, by a People's Procession of 100 representatives drawn from across the country.
The Stone was officially returned to Scotland in 1996, and is now on display alongside the Scottish crown jewels at Edinburgh Castle. The Stone of Destiny, which played an important part in the ...
The Honours seen today were pursued by Cromwellian forces, who destroyed the English Crown Jewels. In 1650 they were removed for safekeeping ahead of Oliver Cromwell’s siege of Edinburgh Castle.
The Crown of Scotland is usually on display at Edinburgh Castle and will ... to destroy the Scottish Crown Jewels and pursued them to Dunnottar Castle near Aberdeen. They were then smuggled ...
Hoisted high atop Edinburgh, as if monitoring the city ... for visitors to view are the Honours of Scotland (the oldest crown jewels in Britain), St. Margaret's Chapel (Edinburgh's oldest building ...
After that, the Crown of Scotland will be returned to Edinburgh Castle – where it is usually ... of Scotland – which are the oldest Crown jewels in Britain and among the oldest in Europe.
the Crown Jewels of the country, and all that they represent in this place which has been called to defend city and nation on so many occasions. Edinburgh Castle, with its vast history and purpose ...
Before the service, the crown jewels were brought from Edinburgh Castle to St Giles' in a procession down the Royal Mile involving about 100 people from various aspects of Scottish life.
More on the crown jewels, and there has been no shortage of turbulence surrounding them down the centuries. They were removed from Edinburgh Castle and hidden in 1651-60 to keep them from Oliver ...