Among other places where she slept included Spynie Palace and Balvenie Castle, both in Moray, in 1562, Edinburgh Castle in 1561, 1566 and 1567, and Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders in 1566.

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Le Cateau d'Esclimont is a Renaissance-era castle located between the Versailles Palace and the Chartres Cathedral.

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Not that this matters much, as "The Audience, " at London's Gielgud Theatre, is a vehicle for the country's favorite actress, Helen Mirren, and also for the designer, Bob Crowley, who wows us with his replicas of the infinitely receding columns of Buckingham Palace and a sitting-room in the queen's Scottish castle, Balmoral.

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Born at West Lothian's Linlithgow Palace in 1542, Mary's early years were spent at Stirling Castle, Inchmahome Priory and Dumbarton Castle before she was taken to France in 1548.

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There was a fall of 9% in tourists to Edinburgh Castle, the top attraction, and 15% fewer tourists to Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian.

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