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Magna Carta displayed at castle (UK)

A copy of the Magna Carta, that was on loan to the US, has been returned to Lincoln for a new exhibition.

The document, one of four signed copies of the 1215 charter of rights, has been on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

It has now gone on show at the prison building in Lincoln Castle.

Read entire article at BBC