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Ian Hamilton and Scotland’s Stone of Destiny ..

Scotiana Posted on September 12, 2021 by MAJAApril 12, 2025

Bonjour Marie-Agnes, Janice et Jean-Claude ! 🙂 Hello again from Scotland ! Is there, I wonder, any more romantic story in all of our country’s modern history than the tale of ‘The Stone’ – how at Christmas 1950 Ian Hamilton (b.1925) and some young friends removed Scotland’s Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to bring it back home? What they … Continue reading →

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