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  • He was as cold and forbidding as his ancestral home, Glamis Castle, a reckless gambler and philanderer permanently in debt; but her soubriquet "the Unhappy Countess" has nothing to do with Lyon.

    Marriages: the good, the bad and the ugly 2010

  • We were enrolled in a history and art summer school in Aberdeen, where our chaperones herded us through Scottish museums and took us on tours to Glamis Castle.

    Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

  • Glamis Castle, known to be haunted due to an ancient curse, is a fairy tale castle which will exceed all your expectations.

    Dundee for a fantastic break Thatsnews 2006

  • Glamis Castle, known to be haunted due to an ancient curse, is a fairy tale castle which will exceed all your expectations.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • Glamis Castle is preserved the dress of one of the jesters, very handsome, and ornamented with many bells.

    Waverley 2004

  • I know that the minister from Glamis Castle is there, the rector from Sandringham Church, where the Queen Mother spent Christmas, where the royals spent Christmas there, the Bishop of London, who is dean of the Chapels Royal appointed by the queen, and they are all proceeding in to take their place.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2002 2002

  • Well, it's too late this afternoon to begin our "worry," but to-morrow morning we must start by flagging all the windows with towels, as the inquisitive lady is said to have done at Glamis Castle. '

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • As to the conversation carried on between the clergyman and the earthbound spirit, the same authoress has described a similar one when recording the adventures of Lord and Lady Wynford in Glamis Castle (Ghosts I Have Seen, p. 175).

    The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • As to the conversation carried on between the clergyman and the earthbound spirit, the same authoress has described a similar one when recording the adventures of Lord and Lady Wynford in Glamis Castle (Ghosts I Have Seen, p. 175).

    The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • There is a modern story of a stonemason, who was engaged at Glamis Castle last century, and who, having discovered more than he should have done, was supplied with a handsome competency, upon the conditions that he emigrated and kept inviolable the secret he had learned.

    Glamis Castle 1921

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