Haunted Royal Residences

[Australian]

What royal palaces are haunted and by whom? I know just about every palace/ castle in Britain is haunted. Queen Elizabeth I haunts Windsor Castle Library, And Henry VIII wives haunt numerous places. What about other countries?
any Danish royal hauntings? Swedish, Monaco etc?

[GrandDuchess]

The Royal Palace of Stockholm has at least three known ghosts:

The white lady - dressed in a white dress, a veil over her dark hair, black gloves and holding a chain of keys in her hand; all that can be heard when she walks the rooms of the palace is her dress. When the white lady appears, it means a member of the Royal Family will die. Many royals and staff of the Royal Court have seen her through the years.

The grey man - it is said that he appears before every reigning King at leat once in their life time.

The invisible person in Gustav VI Adolf's old library - many people (and staff), often feels an invisible presence there.

[betina]

Dragsholm Castle in Denmark is also a haunted castle.

The White Lady: She was imprisoned in a brick-wall and only one brick was missing so she could have food, but then the people on the castle forgot her and she died. In the 1970´s under a restoration of the castle they found a skelleton of a yong girl in a brick-wall. The history about her is that she fell in love with a stable boy (peasant) and that was not acceptable, so her father imprissoned her.

The Earl of Bothwell: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, 3rd husband was imprissoned here when he tried to escape from Scotland. He became mad and he is a wery unfriendly ghost.


Betina

[royal_sophietje]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

The Royal Palace of Stockholm has at least three known ghosts:

The white lady - dressed in a white dress, a veil over her dark hair, black gloves and holding a chain of keys in her hand; all that can be heard when she walks the rooms of the palace is her dress. When the white lady appears, it means a member of the Royal Family will die. Many royals and staff of the Royal Court have seen her through the years.

Isn't this a common story???

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by royal_sophietje

Isn't this a common story???

Yes, I guess it is - but it has been at the Royal Palace for a long time. There's a few accounts of her appearances, and some past royals has also seen her. But I guess if you then believe the written down stories and accounts that are left today, is up to each an everyone.

[Josefine]

anyone who knows about more hunted castles

[Australian]

here is a website about haunted Scottish castles:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/haunted.htm

[Danielle]

I hadn't seen this thread before, but what a great idea Australian! :) Thanks everyone for the information. I love watching documentaries about old haunted houses and castles and I saw one on Corvin Castle in Romania. Isn't that too supposed to be haunted?

[Danielle]

Here's a site which houses photos "specialising in the fantastic and the supernatural" (their words, not mine): http://www.marsdenarchive.com/librar...Haunted+Houses They remind me of "Rebecca". Ooh, scary! :)

[Australian]

thanks for the website danielle! Yeah i think i have heard of the Corvin Casltle one.
I like watching those sort of documentaries as well, they're so interesting even for people who dont believe in ghosts.

[portergirl]

Having visited Kensington Palace several times, I can assure you it's haunted, too! I've been there with my fiance psychic/medium Kenny Kingston while he's been giving readings to "certain" members of the Royal Family...have wandered around (not into private or off limits places, naturally) and can tell you it's very heavy feeling. Kenny thought so, too, and in fact thought some of the problems Diana had were from the heaviness of the vibrations at KP.

[Australian]

I didnt know that about Kensington Palace, maybe its the ghost of Queen Victoria's mother the Duchess of Kent :)

[Angela - Natalia]

I've felt that at KP aswell. It's a VERY strong presence and not a good one. I really think it was nothing to do with Diana but I agree, in that she was perhaps sensitive enough to be influenced by the badness that this thing is and it made her a bit depressed perhaps.

What I felt was that it was something that came and went, a dark spirit that still feels anger from it's time there during life. I felt it was probably female and the mother of Queen Victoria crossed my mind too as a possibility, I don't know much about her life but what I felt was a connection to the 1850's and a lot of anger. It passes like a dark shadow or cloud or smoke (not one you can see with the eye) and hangs over the Palace, then goes in to see what's going on with people. It perhaps doesn't remember it's own name in life even, but it's bad and it lingers there still. Apparently the Royal Family will have left there in another 2 years as KP becomes a museum. This is good a thing believe me. I would not live there. It's not like seeing the odd ghostie around this thing is really vile. It may be gone for period of months between visits but it always returns and it watches who lives there. What it wants I have no idea. When the current Royal Family members who live there leave it may begin to loose it's focus, I'm not sure.

My free opinion from an amature.:)

Also, I thought this was just me so I'm gla someone else has felt it, the next time I'm around KP I will try to see if I can feel anything again. You don't necesarily have to be there though. I wouldn't recommend ANYBODY channels whatever this is becasue it borders on the genuinly evil, I don't say that lightly.



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[portergirl]

Quick response to Angela-Natalia: glad you confirmed what I felt there. There's one bedroom in particular (I'm bad on history so don't know if it's Mary's or Victoria's -- think it's Mary?). Please, history buffs or royalty buffs - help me out if you've been to Kensington Palace. Anyway - that bedroom in particular is dark. I think you may have gotten the wrong impression from what I said. I said my fiance Kenny Kingston thought the negativity there might have been difficult for Diana to take - didn't in any way mean the negativity came FROM Diana. And poor Princess Margaret lived there, too -- I'm sure she was influenced by it, too.

Thanks for the concern about people trying to channel the energy there - don't worry, Kenny has been doing this all his life and contacts spirits on a daily basis for radio, television, books, clients, etc. So he knows how to protect himself, and I do too, by now. But you're right - someone shouldn't just go there for fun to see who they could conjure up!

[Angela - Natalia]

I think Queen Victoria was born there, her mother Victoria lived there on and off untill she dies but spent time in Germany with her other family perhaps. Victoria's grand daughter in law and cousin Queen Mary was born there and her parents lived there aswell. It used to be called the 'Auntie Pile' because so many relatives of the family lived there apparently. I think it would be very difficult to pin point this to an individual. I'd rather not know anyway eeeeewww (shudder):) . It is probaly a blood relative of the family I feel because what I senced had a continuing interest in them to an extent (like when it gets past it's own grievences etc).

[Australian]

interesting information everyone, thanks :)

I would like to visit Kensington Palace to see if I can feel any presence lol

Here is a website about royal ghosts, it says that Kensington Palace has no fewer than 3 ghosts,
http://www.nzghosts.co.nz/englandII.htm

[Harry's polo shirt]

Its not really a residency but the Queen Mary ship. now located at Long Beach, California. Was launched on September 26 1934 by Queen Mary and made its maiden voyage on May 27 1936. It has an interesting history.

this site is great:
http://www.ghostsandlegends.com/gl/i...ection=legends

Ghost ratings and Spooky Experiences:
- Strange rapping sounds.
- Objects moving of their own accord.
- Disembodied voices.
- Ghostly apparitions.
- A ghost thought to be that of Senior 2nd Officer William Stark is often seen.
- In the now-dry First Class Swimming Pool, two women have been seen, one in 1960's clothing, one in 1930's clothes (both are said to have drowned in the pool).
- The girl in '60's clothing is seen in the pool area and balcony above in a green bathing suit and walks straight through the support columns.
- A ghostly little boy is seen in the passageway here (it's thought that he fell overboard in the area near the pool)
- A tour guide and her entire tour group once saw a see-through Naval Officer wearing his dress whites walk straight past them.
- Splashing and laughter is heard coming from the empty pool.
- Wet footprints seen leading from the deck to the changing rooms.
- Changing Rooms - people experience strongly negative feelings here.
- In the Queen's Salon, a beautiful woman in a flowing white dress is often seen dancing alone (once by a young girl on a tour who knew nothing of the sightings, she insisted the woman was there and described her exactly as others had).
- Unexplainable balls of light are also seen.
- In the First Class Suite area, a man dressed in a 1930's suit has been seen by tour guides in this area (one caught his image in a mirror in a photo, and lights turn on and off.
- Passengers report heavy breathing and tugging on bed covers.
- In the forward Storage Room, there are sounds of children playing.
- In the Bosun's Locker there have been unexplained pounding sounds heard and voices.
- the Tourist Class Swimming Pool, the presence of a woman who drowned in here is seen and felt. - In the kitchen, screams are heard, a man dressed as a ship's cook is seen to enter the kitchen and then disappears, dishes move on their own, lights turn on and off all by themselves, kitchen utensils disappear.
- In the Engine Room, a male apparition wearing a white Boiler Room uniform is seen working on the engine
In 'G' Deck (which is thought to be the location of the ship's morgue), lights flicker and doors slam.

[Australian]

thanks for that information Harry's polo shirt

Very interesting.