At some stage in Bamburgh’s eventful history, the flesh-and-blood incarnation of this forlorn wraith was a Northumbrian princess. Her father disapproved of a boy she was in love with, and sent the unfortunate suitor overseas for seven years. He forbade the couple to exchange messages and hoped that his daughter’s passion would cool. But the girl just became more and more depressed. In a last attempt to persuade his daughter to give up her love, the king told her that spies had discovered that the boy had married someone else. To cheer the girl up after this news, the king asked the castle seamstress to make a fine dress in his daughter’s favorite color, pink. The distraught girl donned the garment, climbed the stairway to the highest battlements and flung herself to her death on the rocks below. Shortly afterward her lover returned from exile, unmarried, and was heartbroken by news of what had happened. Legend does not record what fate befell him.
Every seven years, the princess’s mournful revenant, clothed in a dress of shimmering pink, wanders through the corridors of the oldest section of the castle before gliding down the rocky path that leads to the beach. Here she stands upon the pale gold sands, gazing sadly out to sea, forever awaiting the return of her lost love.
Richard Jones – Ref – https://great-castles.com/bamburghghost.html
You can view video that brings this story to life here
The Pink Lady of Bamburgh Castle @ Five the Wynding
She is known to have visited this house many times, looking for her lost love. Dressed in a flowing long pink dress, she has been seen especially when lots of people gather in the house.
When Jenny & George had their parties, she was said to be seen many times by guests as they were leaving – she must have been a party girl!
The stories of the Pink Lady were so famous at Five the Wynding, the family have dedicated the party room to her – named the “The Pink Lady” bar/snug.
Five the Wynding ~ Bamburgh, Northumberland 