On December 25, 1950, in the early morning hours, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow broke into Westminster Abbey in London and removed the Stone of Scone - a symbol of Scottish nationhood and independence - which had been taken by England’s King Edward 650 years earlier. This is the story of the Heist of the Stone of Scone.

Sources

"The Taking of the Stone of Destiny" by Ian Hamilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_removal_of_the_Stone_of_Scone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone#/media/File:Coronation_Chair_with_Stone_of_Scone,_Westminster_Abbey_(3611549960).jpg

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