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Up close: Prayer stool

Prayer stool
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Palace of Holyroodhouse
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  • 11:00 - 15:00
  • Included with Palace ticket or 1-Year Pass
  • Adults
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    Discover the story of how the Palace of Holyroodhouse played host to French royalty in exile over two centuries ago. The Comte de Artois, brother of King Louis XVI, took up residence at the Palace in 1796. Hear about this intriguing chapter in Holyrood’s history and, for one day only, see the Comte’s prayer stool, known as a pre-dieu.

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