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Alexander Smail

HISTORICAL FACTS: The scottish cold war bunker built to keep royals safe from nuclear attack - Caught on Camera

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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