32 facts about the royals' traditional summer holidays in Balmoral

Elena Kiratzi

13 May 2024 at 8:00 pm

The royals have resided in Balmoral Castle over the summer for decades. We take a look into the interesting facts about their annual summer holidays...

There are always plenty of activities to be enjoyed

It is often a holiday home for other famous faces

It was where the late Queen felt most at home, according to her closest relatives

It is home to a very famous royal ball, the Ghillies Ball

It is the home of a royal summer holiday tradition, ‘The Balmoral Test’

The future King and Queen have their own idyllic hideaway, Tam-Na-Ghar Cottage

Just like the rest of us, they are powerless to the call of a takeaway

There’s a royal sleepover for the younger children

Dogs are always in invited to the summer holiday to Balmoral

Queen Elizabeth wasn’t afraid of doing chores

The late queen was something of a petrol head

The reigning monarch always visits the Braemar Highland Games

Balmoral inspires Princess Catherine’s passion for photography

Prince Albert threw himself into the spirit of holidaying in the Scottish countryside

Balmoral has also been a honeymoon destination

There has been the odd royal birthday party thrown during the summer months

The family take part in daily expeditions

King Charles used to enjoy painting the glorious Scottish landscape

It is sometimes a getaway outside of the normal summer holiday routine

They would attend local events and fetes in nearby villages

The King's sweet and surprising holiday tradition with Balmoral’s red squirrels

Prince Philip was fond of a rather cheeky prank

Balmoral was the perfect opportunity for the late Queen to go horseback riding

Queen Victoria loved Balmoral as much as her later relative, Queen Elizabeth II

Going to a Sunday service is a holiday tradition

The holidays at Balmoral begin with a royal inspection

Prince Philip was known to be a master of the grill

The Late Queen liked to be woken up by a rather loud musical instrument

Even the Late Queen had her preferred getaway cottage in the grounds

The royals have resided in Balmoral Castle over the summer for decades. We take a look into the interesting facts about their annual summer holidays...

The beautiful Scottish Highland getaway of Balmoral Castle is where the royal family annually head to escape their hectic day-to-day schedules and enjoy a break in the summer months.

Nestled among the rugged Aberdeenshire countryside and set on a vast 50,000-acre plot of land, Balmoral Castle has been a summer holiday tradition in the royal family since it was initially purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the 1800s. Since then, it has seen royals come and go year after year to amble the wild countryside, hunt in its grounds and enjoy tucking into legendary barbecues done by the late Duke of Edinburgh.

Here we take a deep dive into some of the most interesting facts about the royal family's beloved traditional holidays to Balmoral...

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The Roya's have resided in Balmoral Castle over the summer for decades. We take a look into the interesting facts about their annual summer holidays...

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32 facts about the royals' traditional summer holidays in Balmoral

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