Glamis Castle, one of the stops for The Royal Scotsman, has more than 300 rooms. One of its most famous residents was Queen Mum, the current Queen Elizabeth’s mother. She grew up here the ninth of ten children. Her pink-walled sitting room is on the castle tour. Photo by Gene Korte
Our four-day journey on this 36-passenger, maroon-and-gold liveried train across the Scottish Highlands began with a traipse to the tracks led by a kilted bagpiper at Waverly Station in Edinburgh while we passengers came along behind him.
Glamis Castle, a stop on this rail journey arranged by Abercrombie & Kent (www.abercrombiekent.com), has more than 300 rooms with knights’ armor in some of the hallways and numerous giant portraits of the previous 17 Earls of Strathmore gracing many of the walls.
Today Glamis is perhaps best known for its connection to the recent movie, “The King’s Speech.” King George VI of Britain, the film’s main character, was married to the current Queen Elizabeth’s mother, Queen Mum. Glamis was her family home. She grew up here the ninth of ten children, and her sunny sitting room is on the castle tour.
