Glamis Castle Roadshow, Dundee

03/05/2011

Glamis Castle Roadshow

On Tuesday, 3rd May, the Santander Shareholder Team would like to invite you to a cocktail and canape reception at the historic Glamis Castle, the family home of the Earls of Strathmore since 1372, when King Robert II (the first of the Stuart Kings) of Scotland gave the castle to Sir John Lyon.

Legends and myths have grown around the castle. King Malcolm II was said to have been murdered here in the 11th century. Lady Janet Douglas, widow of Lord Glamis, was burned at the stake as a witch in 1540 by James V. There is said to be a secret room where a nobleman played cards with the devil himself.

Glamis today looks more like a French Chateau than a medieval fortress, because it was extensively restored in the 17th and 18th centuries. The original tower house remains at the centre of the castle today.

It has, of course, close connections with the present Royal Family, being the childhood home of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (she being the youngest daughter of the 14th Earl), and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret was born there in 1930.

It is the setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth and is referred to specifically: "Glamis thou art" "and yet woulds't wron"

If you would like to attend this event, please either email us at shareholders@santander.com or write to us at Shareholder Relations, 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London NW1 3AN, giving your name, address and a contact number.