In 1296, during the First Scottish War of Independence, King Edward I of England took the Stone of Scone as spoils of war and removed it to Westminster Abbey where it was fitted into a wooden Coronation Chair.
In the 1950s a group of Scottish students removed the stone from Westminster Abbey, intending to return it to Scotland. During the removal, the stone broke into two pieces.
In 1996, the British government decided to return the stone to Scotland when not in use at Coronations and it was transported to Edinburgh Castle, where it is now kept with the Scottish Crown Jewels.
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