A Royal Residence: Glamis Castle on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E3 – Glamis Castle – the Scottish childhood home of the Queen Mother and beloved playground for her daughter, the future Queen – is one of the oldest royal residences in Britain.
Steeped in history, tradition and myth, this pink painted fairytale fortress has been the family home to one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families, including Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who, as the Queen Mother, would become the dominant matriarch of the modern royal family.
Now experts, including former royal butler Paul Burrell and renaissance man Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, reveal the secrets of a house that helped shape the world views and personal convictions of the Queen Mother and the Queen.
Bertie Windsor, later George VI, married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and spent many happy times at Glamis – enjoying a simple, affectionate life he had been denied by his own father. And when king and queen of a Britain at War, the experiences of his wife growing up at Glamis rekindled the people’s love for the Royal Family.
During the First World War, Elizabeth witnessed firsthand soldiers suffering PTSD and lost an adored brother on the Western Front- traumas that meant she understood what the soldiers and civilians of World War Two were enduring.
A Royal Residence: Glamis Castle on SBS and SBS on Demand – New Episode / Saturday 20 September at 8.30pm (3 Parts)
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A Royal Residence: Glamis Castle on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E3
