[ad_1] When the couple were married in Our Lady’s Church, the Copenhagen Cathedral, in 2004, Mary’s father turned up wearing a Scottish kilt. He stressed her Scottish roots in his speech, claiming his own clan had once helped eject the Norse from the Hebrides, off the north-west coast of Scotland. Loading Mary, who was born and educated in Hobart, Tasmania, made her affinity to the land of her parents and grandparents clear through her official…
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[ad_1] As It Happens6:09Scottish stone shouldn’t be in coronation, says son of man who stole it back Jamie Hamilton says his late father would be displeased to learn the ancient symbol of Scottish royalty he once took back from the British is being used for the coronation of King Charles. The Stone of Destiny — a 150-kilogram chunk of sandstone, also known as the Stone of Scone — has a long and fraught history. It was…
"Scottish stone shouldn’t be in coronation, says son of man who stole it back from England"