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01-20-2012, 11:27 AM
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 Thank you for the pictures, Duke. Great, great photo of HM at her desk with her ubiquitous corgis and red box. How she's able to work with such beautiful scenery outside her window is beyond me; she's obviously very disciplined and accustomed to the beauty of nature around her. And the stag's head on the bedroom wall is certainly typical of a country hunting residence.
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03-02-2012, 12:26 PM
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This week I watched a you tube documentary about balmoral, wanting to find out a little more on the BRF Scottish residence:
Only that I did learn a couple of things like balmoral is the "test place", balmoral is the place where they fish and hunt and if you don't like to do this then balmoral is not for you, but I also found it a bore unfortunately, maybe because it's an old documentary from the 90s?
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03-10-2012, 02:22 PM
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Balmoral is such a Scottish country retreat with kilt design everywhere and according to the video do they still keep the deer heads on the walls?
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04-15-2012, 09:39 PM
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By Royal App-ointment: New smartphone programme allows users to tour Balmoral
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Visitors can now tour Balmoral, the Queen’s Scottish estate, from the comfort of their sofas – thanks to a smartphone application. The free download gives an hour-long audio tour of the estate, which was bought by Prince Albert in 1848. It features photographs, a map and interviews with staff and concentrates on explaining how Queen Victoria made Balmoral Castle a family home.
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06-20-2012, 12:17 PM
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I tried it out but I found it best to have it when actually visiting balmoral otherwise it's just a picture, it's best to listen which being there.
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10-16-2012, 03:32 AM
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Why the Queen wants to build on her rural retreat - Telegraph
Mandrake can disclose that the monarch wants to allow land at Balmoral, her privately owned estate in Aberdeenshire, to be used for low-cost properties to help local people get a foot on the housing ladder.
Land has been earmarked near the Prince of Wales’s retreat at Birkhall for the unique development, which is being overseen by Hank Dittmar, the chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community.
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03-03-2013, 10:03 PM
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Abergeldie Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since the BRF gave up their lease on Abergeldie Castle in 1970 does anyone know who uses the castle now?
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03-04-2013, 11:14 AM
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According to this link Abergeldie - Castles of Clan Gordon Wiki
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The castle at present is occupied by the 21st Laird John Gordon, Baron of Abergeldie. He has been living there since 1972.
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