Talk:Honours of Scotland/Archive 1

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Archive 1

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This article seems to be very brief concerning the history of the honours during the Commonwealth and before their 'discovery' by Sir Walter Scott in 1818 Also, no mention of the growing doubts as to their authenticity

Robert's circlet

I was told, years ago, that the circlet which forms the base of the crown, was the one that Robert the Bruce wore at Bannockburn. Is this nonsense? --ML5 (talk) 11:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Discovery or PR Stunt?

Stuart Kelly in his book 'Scott-land the Man Who Invented a Nation' p 160, reports that the whole 'discovery' episode was stage managed by Walter Scott. The idea that the regalia had actually been 'lost' was false. Their location in Edinburgh Castle was public knowledge, the chest had even been opened earlier, in 1794, and its contents checked. The chest was opened again the day before the 'offical' discovery in 1817 by Scott and associates in a kind of dress rehearsal for the 'real' discovery. Kelly implies that the whole thing was a kind of PR stunt for Scott's latest historical novel which was about the regalia and its supposed loss. Cassandra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.104.103 (talk) 10:46, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

The Crown Room was opened in 1794 by an official looking for old documents, but he didn't open the chest, which was rumoured to be empty. Scott obtained a royal warrant to open the chest in 1818. Officials wouldn't have let him break down the wall and open it without the king's authorisation. Firebrace (talk) 23:51, 5 September 2018 (UTC)