Glamis Castle
Located in Scotland near the village of Glamis, 5 miles west of Forfar,
Glamis Castle resides. One of the things that it is most famous for is
that it was the setting for Shakespear's "Macbeth". Among the oldest
and most haunting parts of the castle is Duncan's Hall, which
commemorates the slaying of King Duncan by Macbeth. Although the
actual killing took place near Elgin, this is the traditional Shakespearean
scene of the crime.
Glamis is the ancestral home of the Lyon, now Bowes-lyon family. At
the head are the Earls of Strathmore, who, though ennobled three
times before, became Scottish Earls in 1677 and UK Earls only in 1937,
when Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Duchess of York, became Queen of
England, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who's childhood home
was Glamis. Princess Margaret was born at Glamis and it also has the
room where King Malcolm of Scotland died after being wounded in battle.
The Castle was visited by Mary Queen of Scots on 22nd August, 1562.
The famous secret chamber is said to be known only to the Laird and
his heir. The Castle has many legends and secrets surrounding it..
*A prominent Edinburgh lawyer was driving to Glamis on a visit a few
years ago, he and some friends had been invited to dinner there. As
they drove into the castle grounds they saw the shadowy figure of a
woman dressed in white. To their astonishment she glided along so
swiftly she kept pace with the car-and accompanied them right up to
the castle doors. Then she vanished. At first they thought she was
one of the maids out for an evening stroll. But they were soon informed
that all the maids were indoors that night. However, because of the
strange appearance of the woman and the speed and manner with which
she had moved, the lawyer admitted that he believed she had been a
ghost.
This ghost is believe to be of the Lady of Glamis who became Lady
Campbell after her husband's death. A trumped-up charge of witchcraft
was bought against her by the cruel and wicked Monarch James V.
Although she was a woman of impeccable character and a very
beautiful and popular lady she was imprisoned. After a long imprisonment
in a dark dungeon, she was almost blind. She was burned alive at the
stake outside Edinburgh Castle. Even her young son was condemned to
death and imprisoned only to be released after the king had died.
Her ghost known as "The White Lady" has haunted Glamis Castle for
hundreds of years.
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