The 152kg stone, seized from the Scots by the king of England Edward I in 1296, is being taken to Westminster Abbey in London for the May 6 ceremony.
Officials at Edinburgh Castle, where it is kept with the Scottish crown jewels, held a special ceremony to bid a temporary farewell to the legendary stone.
The Stone of Scone, as it is also known, was transported south from Edinburgh under tight security and will be placed beneath the Coronation Chair at the abbey for Charles's enthronement. "We believe the link to Scone is strong and it is highly likely that its origins lie in the ancient Pictish kingdom of Scotland."The stone remained in Westminster Abbey for most of the next 650 years, until Christmas Eve 1950 when a group of Scottish students took part in an audacious raid to retrieve it.
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