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Alexander Smail

The Scottish bunker built 100ft underground to keep Royals safe from nuclear attack

Those old enough to have lived through the Cold War will remember the constant and terrifying threat of nuclear attack.

With international tensions at a dangerously high level in the latter half of the 20th century, it is no surprise that the UK Government had plans in place to keep high-ranking members of the Government and Royal Family safe in case the worst came to pass.

Among these was the construction of a bunker buried 100 feet under Corstorphine Hill and beneath 10 foot of reinforced concrete, which was Scotland's first line of defence against the threat of a nuclear attack.

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