<P> In 1996 , in a symbolic response to growing dissatisfaction among Scots at the prevailing constitutional settlement , the British Government decided that the stone should be kept in Scotland when not in use at coronations . On 3 July 1996 , it was announced in the House of Commons that the stone would be returned to Scotland , and on 15 November 1996 , after a handover ceremony at the border between representatives of the Home Office and of the Scottish Office , it was transported to Edinburgh Castle . The stone arrived in the Castle on 30 November 1996 , St Andrew 's Day , where the official handover ceremony occurred . Prince Andrew , Duke of York , representing Queen Elizabeth II , formally handed over the Royal Warrant transferring the stone into the safekeeping of the Commissioners for the Regalia . It currently remains alongside the crown jewels of Scotland , the Honours of Scotland , in the Crown Room . </P>
<P> In 1996 , in a symbolic response to growing dissatisfaction among Scots at the prevailing constitutional settlement , the British Government decided that the stone should be kept in Scotland when not in use at coronations . On 3 July 1996 , it was announced in the House of Commons that the stone would be returned to Scotland , and on 15 November 1996 , after a handover ceremony at the border between representatives of the Home Office and of the Scottish Office , it was transported to Edinburgh Castle . The stone arrived in the Castle on 30 November 1996 , St Andrew 's Day , where the official handover ceremony occurred . Prince Andrew , Duke of York , representing Queen Elizabeth II , formally handed over the Royal Warrant transferring the stone into the safekeeping of the Commissioners for the Regalia . It currently remains alongside the crown jewels of Scotland , the Honours of Scotland , in the Crown Room . </P>
when was the stone of destiny returned to scotland
when was the stone of destiny returned to scotland
30 November 1996
30 November 1996