Charles, Lord Bruce tells a tale of how many years ago, his mother was dusting in the Library. Finding an oak box with a hinged lid, she opened it, unsuspectingly, and “got the fright of her life!” Inside was a skull. In fact, it was the cast of a skull of King Robert I, aka Robert the Bruce, and these days, instead of tucking away such a treasure, the Bruces have it on display in a glass-fronted cabinet in the Dining Room of their Broomhall House family home.
Lord Bruce, who is descended from Robert’s brother, Edward, has many tales to tell and this is a big year for telling them. Lord Bruce’s father, Andrew, 37th Chief of the Name of Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, celebrated his
