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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

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From childhood summers at her mother's ancestral home, Glamis Castle in Angus, to formal duties at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, she spent a great deal of her long life in Scotland.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022

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

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.'

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard