Queen mum ‘aware’ of tragic Lady’s ghost
A NEW book has revealed the Queen Mother was fond of a ghost said to haunt the Castle of Mey.
The Royal is said to have been acutely aware her ancestral home was reportedly haunted by Lady Fanny Sinclair.
The Queen Mum – who died in 2002, aged 101 – was often heard to say “Poor Lady Fanny”, referring to the claimed spook, according to a newly published castle guide book.
It states: “It is said that Lady Fanny haunts the castle to this day: her footsteps have been heard in the passageway on the main guest bedroom floor, where the lights are known to flicker, dim and go out for no apparent reason. HM The Queen Mother was aware of her ghost and called her ‘Poor Lady Fanny’.”
Lady Fanny – who lived in the castle – is said to have fallen in love with a castle ploughboy called Andrew Cruickshank.
She told her father, the 14th Earl of Caithness, that she wished to marry the commoner but Andrew was immediately sacked and exiled to England.
Lady Fanny never saw him again. Heartbroken, she threw herself from the top window of one of the castle towers. Her crumpled body was carried to her bedroom, where she died on October 11, 1883.
Her story is told over two pages in the new book The Castle Of Mey & Gardens Of Mey, The Queen Mother’s Home In Caithness.