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Meet Claire Watson-Armstrong, the Charismatic Châtelaine of Bamburgh Castle
Sarah Rodrigues sits down with Claire to discuss her role as 'custodian' of Bamburgh Castle.
As a teen, Claire Thorburn had already - unbeknown to her - ‘met’ her future mother-in-law over the phone.
“I had a holiday job in the village shop and I took a call from a lady asking for two clean eggs,” she recalls. “I was a bit confused, and explained that we only sold eggs in boxes of six or twelve. She said that either six or twelve would be fine.”
The caller was Lady Armstrong, the...
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