THEHe had never wanted to know to Regina Elisabetta. While recognizing the commercial potential of Balmoral and its castle, during his kingdom he had never approved one possible opening of the manor to the public To try to replenish the desperate cores of the crown. Thanks to her, Balmoral would have remained as at the time of Queen Vittoria, a private and exclusive destination for The holidays of all the British Royal. But Elisabetta knew that her successor, King Charles III, would not have respected his desires. The current sovereign prefers, in fact, the nearby Birkhall.
King Charles III “abandon” Balmoral Castle
This year Carlo insisted to open several rooms and the castle rooms for visits (and dinners) for a fee. On condition, however, that everything returns to normal on August 10, when the manor located in the county of Barberdeenshire will inexorably close his doors to welcome the sovereigns and, immediately after, the scaglionati arrivals of the other Royal. But None of them will stay inside the castle. The golden age of Balmoral, always infested with ghosts and bats, now seems to belong to the past.
Carlo and Camilla will only pass you a week
Apart from the official events and some family lunch, this year the manor will therefore not be crowded by large and small royal. Carlo gave precise orders: he and Camilla will pass you just a week, no more. And all the other Royal – including the heir William, Kate and children, At the moment on vacation in Greece – they will have to settle for the many houses scattered for the estate and transformed into a holiday homes which, in the rest of the year, are also available to the public.
Balmoral Castle Castle, the Meta delle Summer Holidays of the English Royal (AP Photo)
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All the rest of the time, King Carlo and Queen Camilla will spend him in the Birkhall residence, A few kilometers away from the castle but smaller and more welcoming. The sovereigns consider it a “second home”, like English Sandingham, and for the first time they intend to entertain their guests there. There will be closed lunches and dinners to escape feared Midgesthe annoying Scottish moscerini. And many picnics and trekking with a packed snack on the edges of the lakes and streams located in the estate.
King Charles III orders arrivals scagliati for the Royal
Among the first to arrive there will be Edoardo and Sophie, Dukes of Edinburgh, followed by Eugenia and Beatrice of York (the controversial Andrea was instead cordially invited to stay away), and by Zara and Mike Tindall, Peter Phillips and the new girlfriend Harriet Sperling, all accompanied by the offspring. The last to arrive will be the principles of Wales with the children George, Charlotte and Louiswho will finally be able to meet with the numerous cousins.
King Carlo in a military ceremonial conducted in Birkhall, April 2024 (Getty Images)
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Guest of honor, this year, will be Princess Anna, who turns 75 on August 15. The Royal will celebrate her with a dinner in her honor, but they will have to wait. Anna is about to leave with her husband Timothy Laurence for her usual, long sailing trip along the Scottish coast. By alone, without staff, and hunting for headlights, great passion of both.
Prince George at his first deer hunt
This year at Balmoral it could also mark the end of another summer tradition, that of deer hunting. There are many Windsor who, as a very young man, have undergone a particular rite of initiation, in which the new hunter must spread the blood of the newly killed animal on the face. The environmentalist Carlo wants to do without them once and for all, also in order not to annoy the animal rights activists who are perpetually to the ribs, attentive to every false step. And at 12 years of age, it seems that Principino George, an animal lover, will be able to escape it.
William with George, Charlotte and Louis, June 2024 (IPA)
What will King Charles III of Balmoral’s estate?
Carlo has not yet decided what the future of the Scottish home will actually be. The castle remained as when Elisabetta was still alive, a sort of mausoleum dedicated to the sovereign. Is it destined to become a museum? His assistants do not exclude him.
Carlo has developed a long -term plan that includes all those representative residences, such as Buckingham Palace, which Royal use little for personal reasons. And Balmoral, say sources at court, is at the top of the list.
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