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1923 Steinway grand piano, including one showing Laura Bush posed with the Strathmore family when she visited the castle during the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005. We also toured a threeroom suite in the royal apartment—the Sitting Room and King and Queen’s Bedrooms. This is one of the oldest parts of the castle, dating from the 15th century, and these private rooms were used by the Queen Mum since her 1923 marriage; she and King George VI spent part of their honeymoon here. After the king died in 1952, she used primarily the Sitting Room. “She didn’t like to have anything changed and it’s pretty much the same as it was since her wedding 93 years ago,” noted our guide. Until their deaths, she and Princess Margaret visited the castle a few times a year. The Sitting Room is warmly furnished with comfortable armchairs and a sofa, Chippendale chairs, family photos (including charming blackand-white ones of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret as children), 18th century tapestries, and a carved oak chimneypiece displaying Dutch and Chinese porcelain. And in this room is where the ghost of a little, mischievous pageboy has been noticed sitting atop a small stone seat just inside the door! The Queen Mother’s Bedroom has a four-poster bed, with a quilt made by her mother, Countess Strathmore, who also embroidered the padded canopy with the names of her ten children and their birth dates, including the Queen Mum’s. In Duncan’s Hall—one of the oldest and eeriest areas of the castle—the slaying of King Duncan by Macbeth is commemorated, although the actual killing took place near Elgin. “Macbeth” was written for King James VI by Shakespeare, who may have heard stories about Glamis Castle and used it as a setting in the play. “There’s no historic link between Glamis and Macbeth,” said our guide. “Shakespeare gave them great publicity!” Then there’s the legend of the “Monster of Glamis,” which was circulated for years. Apparently it began when Lord and Lady Glamis, the Queen Mum’s great, great grandparents, had a baby, Thomas Bowes-Lyon, who died on the day he was born in Oct. 1821. For years, however, there was speculation that he was really horribly deformed and was kept hidden in a small room off the castle’s Chapel, fed through a grilled gate by a servant. But perhaps the most chilling tale is that of Lady Janet Douglas, wife of the 6th Lord Glamis. She was falsely accused of being a witch and burned to death in 1537. Since then people believe that it's her ghost occasionally seen here, garbed in gray. Dubbed the “Gray Lady,” she’s been known to pop up in the Chapel, praying. Completed and consecrated in 1688—with richly colored religious panels on the ceiling and paintings on the walls—the Chapel is still used by the Strathmore family today. However, visitors are told to knock three times before entering so they don’t frighten the Gray Lady—or get frightened themselves! Above: Vintage poster featuring Orson Welles and Glamis Castle. Photos courtesy of VisitBritain Images, WIKI Commons, and Sharon Whitley Larsen IF YOU GO For more information--and regarding activities throughout the year, as well as tours--please see: www.glamis-castle.co.uk www.visitscotland.com www.visitbritain.com www.britrail.com 50 Wine Dine & Travel <strong>2016</strong>
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