The World's Most Beautiful Castles    1. Bamburgh Castle stands
on a rocky outcrop in Northumberland, England. The castle has
served as a location for several movies, including Roman
Polanski's 1971 version of Macbeth. (Courtesy Nick McCann)   2.
Held by King Henry II back in the 12th century, Bamburgh Castle
is now owned by the descendants of a wealthy Victorian
industrialist. (Courtesy Nick McCann)   3. More than 900 years
old, Leeds Castle regularly received Henry VIII as a guest. On
the grounds are several mazes, a display on falconry, and a dog-
collar museum. (Courtesy Leeds Castle Foundation)   4. Leeds
Castle was bought by the blueblooded Olive Wilson Filmer. She
bought the castle for $873,000 in 1926, outbidding William
Randolph Hearst in the process. (Adam Woolfitt/Robert Harding
World Imagery/Corbis)   5. Dating back to 1220, Scotland's most
famous castle, Eilean Donan, is in the middle of a loch, near
the Isle of Skye. (Gary Yeowell/Getty)   6. One of Eilean
Donan's 20th-century restorers claimed t