Scots call it Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), but geologists insist that it is an ordinary piece of Scottish sandstone (worth about 35¢). British police soon guessed that the theft was the work of ...
A protester has admitted damaging a case displaying the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle. Joe Madden pled guilty to damaging the cabinet in the crown jewels room by hitting it with a rock ...
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.
‘This was not done out of malice. I have no agenda against Edinburgh Castle or the Stone of Destiny. But when 24 per cent of ...
Ms Stewart told the court the tour guide “turned around and saw the accused standing in front of the cabinet which contains the crown and stone of destiny”. The guide noticed the accused was ...
A protester has admitted maliciously damaging a display case containing the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle last year. Joe Madden, 22, pled guilty to damaging the display cabinet in the crown ...
A case containing the Stone of Destiny was damaged (Jane Barlow/PA) A protester has admitted maliciously damaging a display case containing the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle last year.