Somone are living in Balmoral castle now?
Yes - The Queen and DoE are currently in residence at Balmoral Castle with Charles and Camilla at Birkhall. They should be returning to London in the next two weeks.
I don't think it has been announced whether it is this week or next week but she will be in London next week as she has an engagement in London on the 9th. Prior to that she has engagements in Aberdeen on the 1st so she could be returning to London this week or it could be next week but she does have to be back next week.
Martin @MartinRoyalUK 39m The Queen will be travelling back down to London from Balmoral next week, after completing several engagements in Aberdeen on 1st October.
In September 1848, Queen Victoria described Balmoral Castle as "A pretty little castle in the old Scottish style".
In September 1848, Queen Victoria described Balmoral Castle as "A pretty little castle in the old Scottish style".
How does the Royal Family typically travel to Balmoral?
Nowadays the Queen and Charles fly, interestingly they are the only royals for whom official royal funds will cover the cost of flying from residence to residence by private or royal jet\...Sent from my iPad using The Royals Community
In The Queen & Her Court, Jerrold M. Packard wrote:
Victoria and her husband became so caught up with their Scottish home that some wags referred to their stiff court behavior as "Balmorality."
Now that is a creative use of the English language if you ask me.
A rare peek inside the Queen's Balmoral holiday photo album | Mail Online
I always enjoy seeing older relaxed photos of the RF like these.
It's the Scottish retreat beloved of Queen Victoria - and subsequent generations of royal holidaymakers, the Queen and the Duke of Cambridge among them, love it just as much.
Now, as the Queen arrives at the Aberdeenshire castle to begin her annual summer break, vintage photos reveal just how happy her memories of summers spent there really are.
From her earliest visits as a tiny child with her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to 1950s family picnics with the corgis in tow, Balmoral has long been a haven where family pleasures come first.
Late Queen Mother's secret retreat at Auchtavan
Visitors given a chance to see Queen Mother's secret retreat | Mail Online
Balmoral has recorded the highest number of visitors in five years after the Queen moved out to give tourists free rein of the house.
The boost in numbers means tourist revenue now accounts for around half of the £3 million running costs of the castle.
The total number of visitors edged past 70,000, an increase of five per cent on last summer and nearly a record for the Royal retreat. Some 40 per cent of the tourists came from overseas, underlining the foreign attraction of the British Monarchy.
Balmoral featured on C4's Waling Through History:Victoria & Albert’s Highland Fling which was on earlier this evening.
Walking Through History - Articles - Victoria & Albert’s Highland Fling - Channel 4