Stone of Destiny | 54

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas day in 1950, twenty-five-year-old Scotsman Ian Hamilton and his friends embark on the heist of the century. The Stone of Destiny, an ancient Scottish artifact, was stolen by the British in the thirteenth century and moved to Westminster Abbey. And now Ian decides it’s high time to steal it back. But busting out an ancient artifact from a national landmark is easier said than done. This holiday caper has it all – sneaky stakeouts, buried treasure, last minute freak outs, and a revenge plot for the ages.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.0	A quick note about our show.
0:09.8	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class.
0:14.1	So some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:16.7	And today's episode contains language that could make a Scotsman blush.
0:26.8	Music And today's episode contains language that could make a Scotsman blush. So, Brooke, I've got a fun question for you today.
0:29.5	Okay.
0:30.5	Did you ever pull a big prank in high school or college?
0:35.1	What do you think?
0:38.1	I feel like the only prank you would pull would have to do with breaking the knees of
0:41.6	whoever got the lead in Chicago over you.
0:43.6	Okay, we didn't do Chicago, which is why that didn't happen because I would have been
0:47.1	the lead.
0:49.0	But, no, I'm like too much of a rule follower in a scenario like that.
0:53.6	So no, I've never. Did you?
0:55.5	It wasn't really a prank, but in college, the woman's basketball team won the championship.
1:02.5	Uh-huh. What ended up happening was a fire got started and we were like shaking a bus.
1:07.1	Oh, no. But that's also not a prank that's destroying public property. A misdemeanor.
1:12.9	Uh-huh.
1:14.2	Which sometimes pranks are. Uh-huh. Yeah, true. But, you know, here's a thing. Pranks like
1:18.3	these can be fun and, in my case, occasionally destructive. Yeah. But they don't usually change
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