Glas-allt-Shiel
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Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what
Glas-allt-Shiel seen from the edge of Loch Muick
Glas Allt and Glas-allt-Shiel from across the loch
Allt-na-giubhsaich
George Washington Wilson's photo of the new Glassalt, about 1870
John Brown (servant)
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John Brown was a Scottish personal attendant and favourite of Queen Victoria for many years after working as a gillie for Prince Albert. He was appreciated by many for his competence and companionship
Brown, c. 1860s
A young John Brown as sketched by Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria with John Brown at Balmoral
Statue of John Brown in the grounds of Balmoral