Michaela, Lady Reid is a Danish/British author. Although her parents were Danes, she was educated in the UK, reading law at Girton College, Cambridge. She married Sir Alexander Reid, the grandson of

Sir James Reid Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet (23 October 1849 – 28 June 1923) was a British doctor who served as physician-in-ordinary to three British monarchs, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V. A physician, a Scotsman from Aberdeenshire and ...

, personal physician to Queen Victoria. She discovered Sir James's papers in the 1960s after moving into

Ellon Castle Ellon Castle is a scheduled monument within the town of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Only ruins survive of the 16th-century structure that may incorporate sections from the 15th century together with 18th-century renovations. The ruins form a focal poin ...

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

. Her book based on these papers, ''Ask Sir James'', was critically acclaimed and has been reprinted by Eland Books.Eland books
She lives in Lanton, Scottish Borders.

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