Romantic History: Waterloo to the British Musem
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The Stone of Scoon Comes First
The stone of schoon was famously stolen shortly before the coronation er by young scottish nationalist students, and then returned. It didn't become very much of a of an issue until the 19 fiftye the accession of the queen. Then as scottish nationalism recovers and grows again from the 19 seventies on, in a different form, it comes again. The major government sends it back to edinburgh,. i suppose, perhaps not surprisingly, it has, i think, much less public effect now than it did for scot or westminster abbey.
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