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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 .
The Interior. In Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, he writes about the inside of Balmoral. "Balmoral. Closing my eyes, I can see the main entrance, the paneled front windows, the wide portico and ...
Groups of 10 people per tour will “learn about the origins of the Castle and how it has been loved by generations of the Royal family,” according to Balmoral’s ticketing page.
Interior tours of the royal family’s Scottish retreat sold out in less than a day. ... Balmoral Castle has long remained a mystery to the layperson—until now. Charles III is opening the doors ...
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]
Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...
Design and Architecture of Balmoral Castle. The castle was designed by Scottish architects John and William Smith. The father-son team drew up the plans around 1852, and the Scottish baronial and ...
Per Balmoral Castle's website, "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. They will take ...