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Glamis Castle

British  
/ ɡlɑːmz /

noun

  1. a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She was, after all, half Scottish herself via her mother, who was born and raised at Glamis Castle in Angus.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2022

Besides spending her summer months at Balmoral, her mother, the late Queen Mother, was Scottish and as a child the queen grew up playing on her grandparents’ estate of Glamis Castle in central Scotland.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

The queen's mother, also called Elizabeth, was from a Scottish family, who lived at Glamis Castle in Angus.

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2022

Nearby is Glamis Castle, the ancestral home of the late Queen's maternal grandparents and a place where she is said to have spent many happy childhood holidays.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2022

It is said that once a visitor stayed at Glamis Castle for a few days, and, sitting up late one moonlight night, saw a face appear at the window opposite to him.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys

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