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Balmoral Castle (/ b æ l ˈ m ɒr əl /) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie , 9 miles (14 km) west of Ballater and 50 miles (80 km) west of Aberdeen .
Balmoral Castle: Aberdeenshire, Scotland Private The King and Queen: August and September, inherited from Elizabeth II. Birkhall: Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Previously owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; located on the estate of Balmoral Castle. Charles inherited the home when his grandmother died in 2002.
Ownership Location Notes Picture Abergeldie Castle: Tower house: About 1550: Preserved: Gordon family: Near Crathie: Leased to the Royal Family 1848–1970: Auchenhove Castle: 16th century: Slight remains: Aboyne: Banff Castle: Unknown: 12th century: No remains: N/A: Banff: Balmoral Castle: Baronial house: 1856: In use as a residence
For the first time since Balmoral Castle has been under British royal family ownership, it will be open to the public. Per Balmoral Castle's website, "For the first time since the castle was ...
Balmoral Castle and its 50,000-acre estate has been privately owned by the royal family since 1845 and is cherished up to the present day as a late-summer getaway for the family. "To me, Balmoral ...
The King, 75, privately owns Balmoral Castle in Scotland and its 50,000-acre estate, known as the British royal family's summer escape for generations and where Queen Elizabeth died in 2022.
Balmoral Castle, re-built for Queen Victoria in the Scots Baronial style. In Scotland there was a revival of the castle in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as part of the wider Gothic Revival movement, as new houses were built and existing buildings remodeled in the Gothic and Scots Baronial styles. [63]
Balmoral Castle in Scotland has a longstanding history and is known as the holiday home of Queen Elizabeth II. The first residence was reportedly built at Balmoral in 1390, but it didn’t enter ...