Stay at one of Monzie Castle’s cottages for a fairytale escape
“When I met David, I had no idea about any of this,” Alexandra Crichton says, gesturing to the oak-panelled hallway of Monzie Castle. We’re on a personal tour of the castle, which is offered to all guests of Monzie’s self-catering accommodation. “He referred to it as a ‘family farm’ in Scotland,” she adds. It wasn’t entirely a lie. Monzie still has a working farm on the estate, alongside a working joinery, hydroelectric station, old schoolhouse and a chapel. “One of his friends gave me the name...