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She is located 80 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh , and around 12 miles north of Dundee. Unique architecture gives the Castle the look of a French Chateau, and tours of Royal residences put Glamis second only to Balmoral Castle as a visitor attraction.
It is alleged that a Bowes-Lyon child, born in 1821, was deformed, kept hidden through infancy, and spent his adult life confined in one of the Castle’s secret rooms. Known as the Monster of Glamis Castle, and even described as a hideously deformed ghost, the handicapped son was hidden in the Castle until he died, so that he would not inherit.
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When you enter the chapel today, castle tour guides will tell you that one seat in the chapel is always reserved for the Grey Lady and on one occasion more than 100 people present in the castle swear that they saw her glide past them. Another ghost, The White Lady known as the Lady of Glamis, is believed to be Lady Campbell who has haunted Glamis Castle for hundreds of years.
Yet another story relates to a neighbouring aristocratic family, the Ogilvies, who in 1486, arrived at Glamis begging for protection from their enemies, the Lindsay family. The Ogilvies were shown to a chamber under the castle and left without food or water for over a month.
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