Drawing Room On Visit To Glamis Castle In Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the drawing room on visit to the interior of Glamis Castle in Angus Region. A drawing room is a room in a house or castle where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the 16th century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. Glamis Castle is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. It has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century. Glamis was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI. Their second daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was born there All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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