I can see Edinburgh Castle from my house. And every year when The Military Tattoo is held up there I’m still blown away with pure emotion every time the pipes and drums hit me. Literally sounds and feels like it’s coming from the sky! There’s no words to describe it.. just speaks to your soul!.🫶🏻💙🏴
Most of the castles they’ve picked for this video are modern. 18th century is very new for a castle when Britain has got so many dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries.
The pronunciations are a bit out. Glamis should be pronounced 'glarms'; I think it should be dun - ah - tah for Dunnottar ( might be dun out ar); and someone else may help with Culzean. 'Cullane'? The history of Scotland was certainly Game of Thrones-ish. It has been described as 'religion tempered by murder'! There were 7 James's who were Kings of Scots. The first 4 all died violently: James I was treacherously assassinated, although he tried to hide in a privy; James II went too near an early cannon - it exploded; James III was defeated in battle by rebels, including his son, and he was killed wandering around after the battle; and James IV decided to invade England and got killed at the Battle of Flodden. Stirling Castle really was strategic. Just about the only way to get from southern Scotland to further north went right by it. Otherwise there was swamp, a great lake, mountain forest, or the sea.
I've only ever heard Glamis pronounced as "glams". We go every summer for the Extravaganza. It's mad how dialect and pronunciation changes every 10 mile or so!
To add a second comment. The extraordinary thing about the 'Monster of Glamis' is that the story may be true. What seems to have happened is that the then Countess of Strathmore - you're talking the 1820s - may have given birth to a severely deformed son. This was awkward, because he would have been the heir to the Earldom. So they hid him away, looking after him. What gives the game away is that in the 1860s workers doing repairs seem to have seen something, and got paid substantial sums. (Hush money?) The Queen Mother's grandfather always seemed to have a crushing problem. Did he know he was not the rightful Earl? When the Queen Mother was growing up in the Castle - she would be about 5 - she mentioned the little grey men she used to play with. As was common in those days, during World War I, soldiers - of all ranks - were sent to Glamis Castle. Many had PTSD. The young Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later the mother of Elizabeth II - mixed with the soldiers, and she was notoriously good with armed forces personnel for the rest of her life. King Charles III has just announced that there will be tours of more parts of Balmoral Castle, but they sound pricey.
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The main inspiration for Game of Thrones was the English “Wars of the Roses” - a series of epic civil wars between the houses of Lancaster and York. Sound familiar? You should definitely react to a video about it. It was an incredibly long, bloody, and complicated fight over the English crown, which went back and forth and back and forth, with a tonne of murder and intrigue thrown in. You couldn’t make it up.
@@janice506 No. George R R Martin said it himself. What do you think the houses of Lannister and Stark are named after? The houses of Lancaster and York, which were the two warring families in the Wars of the Roses. It was very definitely the premise for GoT.
Oh Dear, beware of travel videos narrated by an American! She mispronounces about every second Scottish place-name in this video, "Glamis" is pronounced "Glarms" NOT "Glam-is" just as one example!
Stirling Castle is my favourite Scottish castle.
The whole of the British Isles is full of castles - about 1500 I believe. I love visiting whenever I can.
I can see Edinburgh Castle from my house. And every year when The Military Tattoo is held up there I’m still blown away with pure emotion every time the pipes and drums hit me. Literally sounds and feels like it’s coming from the sky! There’s no words to describe it.. just speaks to your soul!.🫶🏻💙🏴
It's funny you mentioned Game Of Thrones as The Red Wedding scene in the show was inspired by The Black Dinner which took place in Edinburgh Castle.
The narrator's pronunciation of Scottish place names is excruciating. 😕
AI eh? Couldnae tell if I was wankin', dyin' or ha'n' a shite.
The pronounced is not good about Scotland and castles.
Andy McDonald Scotland
Most of the castles they’ve picked for this video are modern. 18th century is very new for a castle when Britain has got so many dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries.
The pronunciations are a bit out. Glamis should be pronounced 'glarms'; I think it should be dun - ah - tah for Dunnottar ( might be dun out ar); and someone else may help with Culzean. 'Cullane'?
The history of Scotland was certainly Game of Thrones-ish. It has been described as 'religion tempered by murder'! There were 7 James's who were Kings of Scots. The first 4 all died violently: James I was treacherously assassinated, although he tried to hide in a privy; James II went too near an early cannon - it exploded; James III was defeated in battle by rebels, including his son, and he was killed wandering around after the battle; and James IV decided to invade England and got killed at the Battle of Flodden.
Stirling Castle really was strategic. Just about the only way to get from southern Scotland to further north went right by it. Otherwise there was swamp, a great lake, mountain forest, or the sea.
I've only ever heard Glamis pronounced as "glams". We go every summer for the Extravaganza. It's mad how dialect and pronunciation changes every 10 mile or so!
To add a second comment. The extraordinary thing about the 'Monster of Glamis' is that the story may be true. What seems to have happened is that the then Countess of Strathmore - you're talking the 1820s - may have given birth to a severely deformed son. This was awkward, because he would have been the heir to the Earldom. So they hid him away, looking after him. What gives the game away is that in the 1860s workers doing repairs seem to have seen something, and got paid substantial sums. (Hush money?)
The Queen Mother's grandfather always seemed to have a crushing problem. Did he know he was not the rightful Earl?
When the Queen Mother was growing up in the Castle - she would be about 5 - she mentioned the little grey men she used to play with.
As was common in those days, during World War I, soldiers - of all ranks - were sent to Glamis Castle. Many had PTSD. The young Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later the mother of Elizabeth II - mixed with the soldiers, and she was notoriously good with armed forces personnel for the rest of her life.
King Charles III has just announced that there will be tours of more parts of Balmoral Castle, but they sound pricey.
Arrgh, why can't the narrator pronounce it properly
Pretty sure it’s AI, hence the unnatural breaks mid-sentence.
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The main inspiration for Game of Thrones was the English “Wars of the Roses” - a series of epic civil wars between the houses of Lancaster and York. Sound familiar? You should definitely react to a video about it. It was an incredibly long, bloody, and complicated fight over the English crown, which went back and forth and back and forth, with a tonne of murder and intrigue thrown in. You couldn’t make it up.
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Wrong it was inspired by Scotland . Scotland was always at war with feuding families fighting for control.
@@janice506 No. George R R Martin said it himself. What do you think the houses of Lannister and Stark are named after? The houses of Lancaster and York, which were the two warring families in the Wars of the Roses. It was very definitely the premise for GoT.
How is it going?~Not- love it. excellent shots. catch you later-:))
Oh Dear, beware of travel videos narrated by an American! She mispronounces about every second Scottish place-name in this video, "Glamis" is pronounced "Glarms" NOT "Glam-is" just as one example!
Yes I live in Dundee and when she got to Glamis I had to stop lol
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Fun fact.
Arthur's seat which overlooks Edinburgh.......is a volcano 🌋
"Scotland is a fairy tale"
There are no "fairy tales" here.