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Edinburgh Castle viewed from The Vennel, a historic close in the Old Town

The Scottish crown jewels hidden for over a century — and the writer who found them

For 111 years, the Honours of Scotland — the oldest crown jewels in the British Isles — sat locked in a chest in Edinburgh Castle, forgotten. This is the story of how they survived Cromwell, hid under a church floor, and were found by a novelist. Plus get weekly Scotland stories free.

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