The Scottish castle the Queen Mother saved: the Castle of Mey

In the early 1950s, the one-time home to the Earls of Caithness, the fate of the isolated, but historic, Castle of Mey hung in the balance. That is, until the Queen Mother purchased the striking 16th-century castle in 1952. Situated on the north coast of Caithness – the most northerly point of mainland Scotland – […] The post The Scottish castle the Queen Mother saved: the Castle of Mey appeared…