Balmoral Castle


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Christopher Hibbert, the author of The Royal Victorians wrote:
When King Edward VII became King, Queen Alexandra insisted that none of the wallpapers of Balmoral Castle must be touched. Alexandra expressed that Balmoral was Queen Victoria's favorite home.
 
Balmoral cairns
There are sixteen stone cairns on the Balmoral estate in Deeside, Scotland, including a single cairn on the adjoining Birkhall estate. The cairns commemorate members of the British royal family and events in their lives. The majority of the cairns were erected by Queen Victoria.
The cairns commemorate the marriages of Victoria's children, of the Princess Royal (to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia in 1858) located on Canup, Prince Albert Edward located on the Coyles of Muick, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold all located on Craig Gowan and Princess Beatrice located at the bottom of Creagh an Lurachain.
Victoria's son Prince Alfred's cairn is located on Ripe Hill.
The Duchess of Kent's Cairn, Queen Victoria's mother, is located near Sgor an h-lolaire.
The largest cairn was erected by Victoria in memory of her husband Prince Albert after his death in 1861. The Ballochbuie Cairn marks the purchase by Victoria of the Ballochbuie forest in 1878.
More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_cairns

Cairn commissioned by Queen Victoria for Prince Albert
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Cairn_for_Prince_Albert_Balmoral.JPG

Cairn erected in 1882 to commemorate the marriage of Prince Leopold with Balmoral Castle in the background
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...Balmoral_Estate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_36258.jpg
 
A lovely picture - this is always one of the more attractive views of the Castle IMO.
 
The Laird was in a hard place after the flood of 2016.

It's land between Balmoral and Birkhall, with a precariously-perched castle on an eroded riverbank. The Royals have plenty of land.
 
The Laird was in a hard place after the flood of 2016.

It's land between Balmoral and Birkhall, with a precariously-perched castle on an eroded riverbank. The Royals have plenty of land.


Thanks for the further details Leopoldine … I’m not in disagreement with the owner of private land doing what is best for himself and his family.

And perhaps the hunting, fishing, shooting days are drawing to a close for the Royals anyway with the Charles being older, William being busier and Harry not in the UK.
 
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