Used for centuries in the inauguration of kings, it's one of Scotland's most priceless artefacts - but it could very well be sharing keg space in one of Glasgow's best-known pubs.
With King Charles III due to be crowned in a little over a week's time, the Stone of Destiny, or Stone of Scone, as it's also known, will be taking centre stage once again under the throne at Westminster Abbey.
But according to Glasgow's Arlington Bar, the royals might as well be crowning our new king atop an actual scone as they have the real McCoy.
It's a fanciful and unlikely claim, and one that's easy to dismiss, but there are some who believe the Woodlands Road boozer is telling the truth.
The Stone of Destiny, as most Scots are aware, has been on quite a bumpy ride down the centuries.
While its precise origins are unknown, the sacred stone was seized in 1296 by King Edward I, who dealt a humiliating blow to Scotland by having it placed under his new throne. From this point on, it was used in coronation ceremonies for successive English and British kings.
At Westminster, the stone remained. Then, on Christmas Day 1950, a group of Glasgow University students stole the ancient 152kg slab and bundled it into the boot of a Ford Anglia. The stone was broken into two pieces during the removal process.
On April 11, 1951, the stone turned up some 500 miles away at historic Arbroath Abbey and it was later brought back to London. The stone stayed south of the border until 1996 when it was formally returned to Scotland.
Despite this official version of events, however, rumours have been abounding since the fifties that the stone which is currently on its way to London is nothing but a replica and that the real one ended up at the Arlington.
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There are accounts to suggest that the stone was indeed taken to the Arlington Bar during its short 'holiday' to Scotland in 1951, but the pub is adamant it never left.
The claim was brought to the fore again in the 2000s when the real Stone of Destiny was supposedly unearthed during a refurbishment of the pub. The chunky artefact was discovered beneath a boxed pub seat, then manager Joan Leroy claimed.
Since then, the Arlington Bar has remained defiant that the stone has been in their possession all these years - and a quick look at their Twitter reveals the owners are certainly no fans of the British monarchy.
"We have the Stone. It stays here. There will be no English king coronated [sic] on Scotland’s Stone," the pub's official account tweeted last year.
Referring to King Charles III as "sausage fingers", the pub tweeted about the stone this week, commenting: "The stone here is the stone taken from Westminster in 1951. The stone now in Edinburgh is a fake.
"This means the queen was coronated on a fake in 1953 and sausage fingers will be coronated on a fake as well. Enjoy!"
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