King Charles III is opening up Balmoral Castle, the royals’ storied summer retreat, to the public for the first time since the home was completed in 1855
King Charles III is opening the doors to Scotland’s Balmoral Castle, a storied estate that serves as a frequent vacation spot for the royal family. “For the first time since the castle was completed in 1855, we have been granted permission to take you on a private tour with our experienced guides,” Balmoral Castle’s website reads. “They will take you on a historical journey through several of the beautiful rooms within Balmoral Castle.
Visitors can explore the three-story home, which is purported to boast 167 rooms, while learning the origins of the estate and “travel through time from the purchase of the Balmoral by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, through to present day, where you can see how rooms within the Castle are used today by their Majesties The King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family.”
Frequently used as an annual private retreat for the Windsors, Balmoral Castle was a special place for Queen Elizabeth, who peacefully died there in September 2022. 'I think Granny is the most happy there. I think she really, really loves the Highlands,' her granddaughter Princess Eugenie said in the documentary Our Queen at Ninety.
In 1997, Balmoral Castle made news as the location where Prince Harry and Prince William learned that their mom, Princess Diana, had been killed in a car accident. Harry, 39, recounted in his memoir Spare that he was asleep in his bedroom when then-Prince Charles appeared, 'standing at the edge of the bed, looking down. His white dressing-gown made him seem like a ghost in a play.'
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