A pox on the phoney king of England
Does anyone has some insight and understand into this, please?
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Are they trying to make out the fake one is real here? Anyone?
This article presents some background to the fragment and how it got there:
Missing Stone of Destiny fragment discovered at SNP HQ
A “missing” fragment of the Stone of Destiny which was gifted to First Minister Alex Salmond in 2008 has been discovered in a cupboard at the headquarters of the Scottish National Party.
The Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, was historically used for the coronation of Scottish kings. It was seized from Scone Abbey in Perthshire by King Edward I of England in 1296 during the First Scottish War of Independence and taken to Westminster Abbey.
In 1950, four students broke into Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day and stole the stone. They did this intending to “repatriate” it to Scotland and were funded and backed by SNP co-founder John MacCormick.
According to Scottish Cabinet papers released on 1 January, it was Mr MacCormick’s son, Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, who presented Alex Salmond with a fragment of the stone back in 2008.
Following the release of the papers, Mr Salmond stated that he never kept the piece and gave the fragment to the SNP for safekeeping. He said he believed the missing piece remained in their offices which is where the piece was discovered.
In response to the Cabinet papers, an SNP spokesperson stated: “We are not aware of any Stone of Destiny fragments in either St Andrew’s House or Bute House.”
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack and his predecessor Michael Forsyth have expressed their disapproval of Mr Salmond accepting the gift in the first place. They have called for the piece to be put on display alongside the rest of the stone at Edinburgh Castle.
Mr Salmond, who served as the First Minister from 2007 until 2014, claimed that he passed the piece to the SNP for safekeeping after checking with Historic Scotland that they did not want it for their collections. However, Historic Scotland stated that they had no records of such a check taking place.
In May 2022, the stone left Edinburgh Castle for the first time in more than 25 years for its journey to London for the coronation of King Charles III.
In 2020 it was announced that the Stone of Destiny would return to Perthshire as the centrepiece of a new ÂŁ26.5m museum that is due to open in spring 2024.
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So was this fragment from the stone taken from Westminster Abbey in 1950, or was it from a later date?
I thought this paragraph was most telling:
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) carried out a series of non-destructive scientific analyses of the sandstone fragment, comparing it to previous analyses carried out by HES on the Stone of Destiny. This included microscopic analysis examining the fragment’s grain structure, texture, shape, compaction and colour, and in all instances the results were consistent with the sandstone fragment being derived from the Stone of Destiny.
Notably,
previous analyses carried out by HES on the Stone of Destiny
What previous analyses? Their confirmation is based on a comparison of analyses'. The date of the original analyses would determine what the fragment was compared to. Where is that data?
This article mentions "extensive new analysis" in May 2023 and "geological analysis of the Stone in 1998". If the recent confirmation is based on these previous analysis then it is a fake.
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