Treasurer Concerned He Might Be Security Risk
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GLASGOW, January 14. Scotland’s Crown jewels will lie in a temporary hiding place while their room in Edinburgh Castle is re-, paired during the next few days. The regalia are crown, sceptre, sword of state, and the Lord Treasurer’s rod of office. The crown is reputed to have been worn by King Robert the Bruce. The sceptre was made in Paris for King James V of Scotland. - The sword was presented to King James IV by Pope
Julius II in 1507. After the union of the Scottish and English crowns in 1707 the regalia were placed in Edinburgh Castle’s crown room in a chest which remained locked for 100 years. During World War H the jewels, which are usually on display under heavy guard, were hidden in the Scottish countryside. The Lord Treasurer, who is responsible for the regalia, said: “I cannot tell you when they are going or where. “The security angle is so acute I cannot breathe a word—not even to myself sometimes.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30339, 15 January 1964, Page 13
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