stoneofscone

Is that a stone under the seat?

This is amazing: King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland — known as the Stone of Scone — which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone Abbey. The chair was named after England's only canonized king, Edward the Confessor, and was kept in his shrine of St Edward's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. This article can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward's_Chair

Yes, amazing. Nowadays, the Stone of Scone is no longer there, having been repatriated to Scotland: www.royal.gov.uk/output/page2015.asp The rest of the chair can be seen in Westminster Abbey, and will surely feature during the next Coronation.

Returned to Scotland in 1996. And if you think it will be returned to England for the next Coronation ... hmm...

Nah, I didn't mean the Stone of Scone, I meant that the chair will be used for the Coronation.

Wikipedia has a very similar photo in Westminster Abbey dated "c. 1875 - c. 1885". There's no label on the sword and shield ...
Spot the Differences!

The Stone of Scone has had more than its share of ups and downs - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone
"Since March 2024, it has been on permanent public display in Perth"

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Leonard Bentley who says the Magic Lantern slide is late 1880s -

We had its Irish equivalent, an Lia Fáil, here before, also by Mason below.

I see the Scottish rock is also called An Lia Fàil in Scots Gaelic!

beachcomber australia Because that comment came from you, for one milli-zillisecond I thought, what's it doing in Western Australia?! :D

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha! I am moithered that the Stone of Scone doesn't rhyme !